as in video
a recording (as of a movie) for playback on a TV
watched a videotape of her daughter's first ballet recital
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Recent Examples of videotape
EW.com, 17 Oct. 2024
In 2020, Lohan found herself on videotape with Meyers, Quaid, Elaine Hendrix, and Lisa Ann Walter during the Covid-19 pandemic.
—Camille Gantzer, Glamour, 22 Nov. 2024
City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
In 1989, DuMont struck a deal to syndicate the show nationally and started videotaping the show for air as well.
—Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 17 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Based on the 1991 novel by Koji Suzuki, Ringu centers on a journalist who looks into the mystery behind a cryptic videotape whose viewers die seven days after watching it.
—EW.com, 17 Oct. 2024
In 2020, Lohan found herself on videotape with Meyers, Quaid, Elaine Hendrix, and Lisa Ann Walter during the Covid-19 pandemic.
—Camille Gantzer, Glamour, 22 Nov. 2024
Verb
Other officers arrested the man, police said, adding that a law enforcement helicopter videotaped the incident.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
In 1989, DuMont struck a deal to syndicate the show nationally and started videotaping the show for air as well.
—Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for videotape
Noun
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Star, a reindeer loved by many in his Alaskan community, has died after surveillance video captured an unknown person dousing the animal’s quarters in a mysterious liquid.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Fans speculated that the video was a response to the breakup.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
8 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Four of the hottest leading men out there will now be taken off the market to film these four movies over the next several years.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
4 Apr. 2025
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The cat, who had given birth just a day before the video was filmed, was captured walking her owner to the makeshift crate that the newborns were sleeping in.—
Lee Habeeb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Eventually the band banter established that the song might’ve been deemed tricky due to having too many chords, which led to a recollection of Wiedlin having once put tape markers on her guitar as cheats.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
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Kind of felt like slow motion, got his head up and put it on my tape.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
9 Apr. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Videotape.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/videotape. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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