tape machine


noun

a tape recorder.

Origin of tape machine

First recorded in 1890–95

Example sentences from the Web for tape machine

  • You have to paint me too, you know, and if you want it to be characteristic, make a study of a telephone and a tape-machine.

    The Angel of Pain |E. F. Benson
  • His lordship was indeed there, fingering feverishly the sinuous ribands of the tape-machine.

  • Till then, nothing—not even these thoughts that ticked as if out of a tape-machine from my brain.

  • He rose impatiently and walked to where the tape-machine was busy with the news from Adrianople.

British Dictionary definitions for tape machine

tape machine

noun

another word for tape recorder
a telegraphic receiving device that records messages electronically or on ticker tape US equivalent: ticker