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
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
Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Thanks to a crazily unlikely accident, the researchers had witnessed a sperm-whale birth and had managed to videotape the entire event.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2026
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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
The 37-year-old Sacramento man was arrested on suspicion of three counts of eavesdropping, a felony charge, along with 12 counts of misdemeanor photographing or videotaping an undressed person in a private area, jail records show.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Thanks to a crazily unlikely accident, the researchers had witnessed a sperm-whale birth and had managed to videotape the entire event.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for videotape
Noun
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But a 2017 video shot in Peru and posted by National Geographic shows how quickly that paradise can turn into hell.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 May 2026
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And inside the adjacent soft pretzel shop, two workers leaned over on the counter, watching videos on a phone to pass the time.—
Audrey Pachuta,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
Verb
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Come to think of it, those two would have been perfect casting for the central male characters Sid and Bronco, whose names would probably have provided that film its title.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
15 May 2026
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School groups and paranormal activity societies have also toured the space in the past, Fulmer said, with one group of Fort Osage students even using the mansion to film a video project.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
8 May 2026
Noun
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Besides albums dubbed onto cassette tapes and Top of the Pops episodes recorded off the BBC, there was little music content available, almost all of which came from Europe.—
Lily Moayeri,
HollywoodReporter,
15 May 2026
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Eddie Vedder didn’t just make a demo tape to get his life-changing gig as Pearl Jam’s lead singer.—
Al Shipley,
SPIN,
15 May 2026
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“Videotape.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/videotape. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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