duct tape

English
A roll of duct tape

Etymology

Possibly a corruption of duck tape (“thick, canvas-like tape”), due to the relative obscurity of the term duck (“woven fabric, canvas”), influenced by the use of the tape to join heating and air conditioning duct work. See also the etymology at duck tape.

Noun

duct tape (countable and uncountable, plural duct tapes)

  1. A generally gray waterproof adhesive tape used for many purposes and easy to cut with the hands.
    Synonyms: duck tape, gray tape
    Son, it's time you learned to use the family duct tape.

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Verb

duct tape (third-person singular simple present duct tapes, present participle duct taping, simple past and past participle duct taped)

  1. (transitive) To use duct tape in order to tape one object to another.
    The government tells us we can protect against a chemical attack by duct taping the windows.

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