Scotch-tapev.
/ˈskɒtʃteɪp/, U.S. /ˈskɑtʃˌteɪp/ Originally and chiefly U.S.
transitive. To stick on or together with Scotch tape or (by extension) any adhesive tape. Cf. sellotape vb. at Sellotape n. Derivatives.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with other materials > work with other materials [verb (transitive)] > fix or fasten with adhesive
glue13..
lute1489
paste1561
gum1592
starch1602
solution1891
seccotine1903
Scotch-tape1947
tape1956
sellotape1960
epoxy1974
1947 Chillicothe (Missouri) Constit.-Tribune 27 June 1/4 Trees, buildings, water troughs, and anything else a poster could be tacked, stapled, glued, or scotch-taped to.
1977 Time 31 Jan. 24/1 Carter wrote at least three more drafts, sometimes spreading the paragraphs out like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle and Scotch-taping them into a new arrangement.
2005 M. O'Connor Bitch Posse xii. 86 Cherry Scotch-tapes another Diana picture onto her shrine by her mirror.
Derivatives
ˈScotch-taped adj.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with other materials > [adjective] > fastening with adhesives
glued1705
glued-on1906
Scotch-taped1950
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > adhesive > [adjective] > fastened with
glued1705
glued-on1906
Scotch-taped1950
1950 Mansfield (Ohio) News Jrnl. 23 Nov. 27/1 A tiny scotch taped reindeer floating on angel-hair clouds pasted to the mirror.
2008 K. Eastburn Sacred Feast 158 Last week I got a letter from my singing buddy Mr. Freeman, and enclosed was a Scotch-taped envelope of seeds.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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