duct tape

noun

ˈdək(t)- 

: a wide cloth adhesive tape originally designed for sealing joints in heating or air-conditioning ducts

duct-tape

ˈdək(t)- 

transitive verb

Examples of duct tape in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

One example is the Corsi-Rosenthal box made from simple materials of an air filter, box fan and duct tape. — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 16 July 2026

One room had a baby gate affixed to the outside of the door frame, held together with numerous zip ties and duct tape, police said. — Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026

Italian artist-cum-pranker Maurizio Cattelan has revisited the artwork that turned a banana and some duct tape into one of contemporary art’s biggest and most polarizing talking points. — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 13 July 2026

Add a few rolls of duct tape and some red spray paint to your cart, too; paint each tentacle sucker by hand once the rest of the tentacle is assembled. — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1973, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for duct tape

• agape
• escape
• landscape
• lenape
• reshape
• seascape
• soundscape
• ape
• cape
• crape
• crepe
• drape

Kids Definition

duct tape

noun

: a wide cloth adhesive tape