duct tape

noun

ˈdək(t)- 

: a wide cloth adhesive tape originally designed for sealing joints in heating or air-conditioning ducts

duct-tape

ˈdək(t)- 

transitive verb

Examples of duct tape in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Inside the back of the van, police found a man and a woman bound with duct tape. —Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2025

Authorities said the woman was left for dead and found Sunday with her wrists bound with duct tape, a dog leash over her ankles and a bag over her head. —Louis Casiano, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2025

When Ruby Franke’s 12-year-old son managed to escape from counselor Jodi Hildebrandt’s Utah house in August 2023 by crawling out a window and ringing a neighbor’s doorbell, the wounds on his hands and feet were covered with bloody duct tape. —Claudia Rosenbaum, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025

Tylee had been dismembered and burned; J.J. was wrapped in plastic and bound by duct tape. —Nicole Acosta, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1973, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for duct tape

• agape
• escape
• landscape
• lenape
• reshape
• seascape
• soundscape
• ape
• cape
• crape
• crepe
• drape

Kids Definition

duct tape

noun

: a wide cloth adhesive tape