videotape

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noun

vid·​eo·​tape ˈvi-dē-ō-ˌtāp 

: a recording of visual images and sound (as of a television production) made on magnetic tape

also : the magnetic tape used for such a recording

videotape

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verb

videotaped; videotaping; videotapes

transitive verb

: to make a videotape of

videotape a show

Synonyms

Noun

• video
• tape

Examples of videotape in a Sentence

Noun

I watched the movie on videotape.

watched a videotape of her daughter's first ballet recital

Verb

They videotaped the baby's first steps.

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The trailer ends with the canine protagonist watching a videotape of a man seemingly accepting his untimely fate. —Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 23 Aug. 2025

In an era just before the iPhone, well enough Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok, Octagon would then upload the videotapes to a website designed to promote the athletes. —Daniel Kaplan, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2025

Verb

Flores videotaped the arrest of his wife, who was heard screaming while agents handcuffed her behind her back while on her knees. —Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025

Diggs caused a stir during the spring when he was videotaped on a boat handing out a pink substance in baggies. —Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 14 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1953, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1957, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing videotape

• videotape recorder

Rhymes for videotape

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

Kids Definition

videotape

1 of 2 noun

vid·​eo·​tape ˈvid-ē-ō-ˌtāp 

: a recording of visual images and sound (as of a television production) made on magnetic tape

also : the magnetic tape used for such a recording

videotape

2 of 2 verb

: to make a videotape of

videotape a show