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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The home run, Montgomery’s 13th, stood after a video review.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
17 May 2026
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Your browser does not support the video tag.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
Verb
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But also to film on these historic stages.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
22 May 2026
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La Bola Negra is an original Movistar Plus+ film in collaboration with the directors’ Suma Content Films and co-produced with Le Pacte, which also has French distribution rights.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
22 May 2026
Noun
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Yellow crime scene tape was still visible at the emergency room entrance hours later.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2026
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Fans started lining up early in the rain for a chance to see Colbert tape his last show and held up signs of thanks to the now-former talk show host.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 May 2026
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“Videotape.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/videotape. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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