duct tape

noun

Etymology

Probably a corruption or eggcorn of earlier duck tape (“thick, canvas-like tape”), resulting from the relative obscurity of the term duck (“a strong, durable, tightly woven fabric; canvas-like material”), reinforced by the use of the tape in joining together heating and air conditioning duct work. See also the etymology at duck tape.

Definitions

1
A generally gray waterproof adhesive tape used for many purposes and easy to cut with the…
A generally gray waterproof adhesive tape used for many purposes and easy to cut with the hands.
- I used duct tape to cover the hole in a leaky pipe.
2
To use duct tape in order to tape one object to another.
- The government tells us we can protect against a chemical attack by duct taping the windows.
- There are Schimmel Sister stickers, and Navajo Nation stickers, Cherokee Nation stickers, Idle No More, and AIM flags duct-taped to antennas.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA