videotape

[ vid-ee-oh-teyp ]

noun

1. magnetic tape on which the electronic impulses produced by the video and audio portions of a television program, motion picture, etc., are recorded ( audiotape ).

verb (used with object)

, vid·e·o·taped, vid·e·o·tap·ing.

1. to record (programs, etc.) on videotape.

Other Words From

• vide·o·taper noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of videotape¹

video + tape

Example Sentences

“A lot of times they’ll be secretly videotaping you or recording you.”

From Los Angeles Times

Here, we’re in a world of phone booths, pagers and bulky computers no one knows how to work, of Walkmans and videotape, which both simplifies and complicates the action.

From Los Angeles Times

He sent in a videotape and was quickly cast.

From Los Angeles Times

Authentic videotape from that time and the shallow, kitschy music take you back to the time of the “Me Generation” and every low-brow cliché of the 70s through the Reagan years.

From Salon

As a college intern at CNN, she translated videotaped messages from Osama Bin Laden.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• cinema
• feature
• film
• flick
• motion picture
• picture
• show