tape machine

noun

1. a tape recorder.

tape machine

noun

1. See tape recorder
   another word for tape recorder
2. a telegraphic receiving device that records messages electronically or on ticker tape US equivalentticker

Word History and Origins

Origin of tape machine¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

Till then, nothing—not even these thoughts that ticked as if out of a tape-machine from my brain.

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You have to paint me too, you know, and if you want it to be characteristic, make a study of a telephone and a tape-machine.

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Do you recognize at any point on any of the exhibits the actual tape machine that was used?

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His lordship was indeed there, fingering feverishly the sinuous ribands of the tape-machine.

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On the fourth day somebody began to use a vision-tape machine to get information on a fine point in welding.

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