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noun

ˈvi-dē-ō-ˌtāp

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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

Noun

The younger Altman was ousted in February 1998 for failing to tell his superiors about the existence of a controversial videotape that showed firefighters drinking beer and using racial slurs at a firehouse retirement party, the Tribune previously reported. —

Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026 There’s a videotape of a memorial award show from the gay adult industry in the early ’90s. —

Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026

Verb

In 2020, the 67-year-old French retiree had been happily married for nearly 50 years when she was informed by police that her husband, Dominique, had over the past decade repeatedly drugged her into unconsciousness, raped her, and videotaped scores of other men raping her as well. —

The Week Us, TheWeek, 4 Mar. 2026 The depositions will be videotaped and GOP committee staffers plan to release the footage within days of the interviews. —

Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for videotape

Recent Examples of Synonyms for videotape

Noun

At an earlier point in the video, Jones is plunged into a bathtub of white paint, seemingly in a mockery of cosmetic skin-lightening.

— Glenn Adamson, Artforum, 2 May 2026
Howard, who has been a police officer for 24 years, elected and reelected from a blue district, shrugged off the video.

— Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2026