duck tape
English
noun
Definitions
- (historical) A kind of tape made from, or incorporating, cotton "duck" fabric.
- (trademark) A type of multi-purpose heavy-duty adhesive tape.
Etymology
Compound from English duck (a tightly woven fabric, canvas) + English tape (adhesive tape, bind with adhesive tape, videotape).
Origin
English
tape
Gloss
adhesive tape, bind with adhesive tape, videotape
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Duckburg English
- Labrador duck English
- Laysan duck English
- audiotape English
- beduck English
- covertape English
- duck English
- duck mole English
- duckable English
- duckbill English
- duckbilled English
- duckburger English
- ducker English
- duckery English
- duckface English
- duckfluff English
- duckfucker English
- duckhood English
- duckie English
- duckish English
- duckism English
- duckkind English
- duckless English
- ducklet English
- ducklike English
- duckling English
- duckly English
- duckman English
- duckmeat English
- duckmole English
- duckness English
- duckpond English
- duckspeak English
- ducktail English
- duckwalk English
- duckweed English
- ducky English
- eiderduck English
- fish tape English
- freckled duck English
- fucktape English
- holotape English
- microtape English
- mixtape English
- mottled duck English
- musk duck English
- nametape English
- nontape English
- pretape English
- retape English
- screwtape English
- seaduck English
- sellotape English
- stiff-tailed duck English
- tape English
- tape ball English
- tape tree English
- tapeable English
- tapegrass English
- tapeless English
- tapelike English
- tapeline English
- tapescript English
- tapesponding English
- tapetail English
- tapeworm English
- tapezine English
- tapist English
- untape English
- videotape English
- Dagobert Duck German
- Dagobert Duck Dutch, Flemish
- tape Dutch, Flemish
- tape Norwegian Bokmål
- teip Norwegian Bokmål
- teipe Norwegian Bokmål
- tejp Swedish
- テープ Japanese
- tape Norwegian Nynorsk
- teip Norwegian Nynorsk
- *dukken Middle English
- doke Middle English
- tape Middle English
- téip Irish
- tape Danish
- เทป Thai
- tâp Welsh
- tepe Swahili
- 테이프 Korean
- dak Marshallese
- dök Volapük
- ཊེབ་ཐག Tibetan
- tef Hausa
- duck
- tape
- ducky
- beduck
- untape
- tapist
- retape
- ducker
- duckie
- duckly
- duckman
- duckery
- pretape
- duckism
- duckish
- mixtape
- seaduck
- ducklet
- nontape
- duckless
- duckmole
- tapeline
- duckwalk
- tapezine
- duckweed
- Duckburg
- tapeable
- duckable
- duckkind
- fucktape
- tapeless
- tapelike
- tapeworm
- duckpond
- ducktail
- tapetail
- duckness
- duckling
- duckface
- nametape
- duckhood
- holotape
- ducklike
- duckbill
- duckmeat
- musk duck
- audiotape
- tapegrass
- duck mole
- sellotape
- videotape
- duckspeak
- fish tape
- eiderduck
- tape ball
- tape tree
- covertape
- screwtape
- duckfluff
- microtape
- duckbilled
- duckburger
- duckfucker
- tapescript
- Laysan duck
- mottled duck
- tapesponding
- Labrador duck
- freckled duck
- stiff-tailed duck