noun
- magnetic tape on which the electronic impulses produced by the video and audio portions of a television program, motion picture, etc., are recorded (distinguished from audiotape).
verb (used with object), vid·e·o·taped, vid·e·o·tap·ing.
- to record (programs, etc.) on videotape.
noun
- magnetic tape used mainly for recording the vision and sound signals of a television programme or film for subsequent transmission
verb video-tape
- to record (a programme, film, etc) on video tape
1953, from video + tape (n.). The verb is 1958, from the noun. Related: Videotaped; videotaping.