videotape Syllabification: (vid·e·o·tape)Pronunciation: /ˈvidēōˌtāp/Translate videotape | into French | into German | into Italian Definition of videotape noun magnetic tape for recording and reproducing visual images and sound. a videocassette. a film or other piece of material recorded on videotape. verb [with object] make a video recording of (an event or broadcast):his arrest was videotapedvideotape in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of videotape in the British & World English dictionary