Loop
Tape
Tape noun - A recording (as of a movie) on magnetic tape for playback on a TV.
How words are described
| full | full loop | full tape |
| special | special loop | special tape |
| long | long loop | long tape |
| standard | standard loop | standard tape |
| Other adjectives: original, little, infamous, new, final, next, double, last, giant. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- So they day before, she crammed history, then dictated her notes on Machiavelli into a tape recorder and slept while it played in a loop.
Source: Sleep Learning -
Lastly, some spots of planet Quantos are stuck in a tape-like forward/rewind loop, which provide platforming puzzles for Ratchet to navigate.
Source: Time Machine -
On How I Met Your Mother Ted and Marshall are on a long road trip in a car with a cassette tape of "500 Miles (I'm Gonna Be)" stuck on an endless loop.
Source: Ear Worm
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