tape machine

noun

1. a tape recorder.

tape machine

noun

1. 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

Burnett told me he captured the session on a restored Nagra tape machine as well as a digital recorder.

From Washington Post

“Negativland” buzzes with a distorted twang created by Plank manually phasing two recordings of Dinger playing the shamisen, a Japanese banjo, standing between two tape machines and slowing down one tape and then the other.

From Washington Post

“I didn’t realize I was making an album and there was something about the tape machine that kept me honest.”

From Los Angeles Times

I didn’t realize I was making an album and there was something about the tape machine that kept me honest,” Urie says.

From Seattle Times

Ellsberg, feeling absurdly out of place, hurried behind with his date’s heavy tape machine.

From Literature