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Definition rubber

Etymology 1

rub +‎ -er

The sense of the substance comes from its ability to function as an eraser, displacing earlier caoutchouc. The senses not having to do with rubbing or erasing are secondarily derived from the name of the substance.

Noun

rubber (usually uncountable, plural rubbers)

  1. (uncountable) Pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon polymer of isoprene.
  2. (uncountable, countable) Synthetic materials with the same properties as natural rubber.
  3. (countable, Britain, Australia, New Zealand) An eraser.
  4. (countable, Canada, US, slang) A condom.
  5. (countable) Someone or something which rubs.
    1. One who rubs down horses.
    2. One who practises massage.
    3. A coarse towel for rubbing the body.
  6. (countable, baseball) The rectangular pad on the pitcher's mound from which the pitcher must pitch.
  7. (Canada, US, in the plural) Water resistant shoe covers, galoshes, overshoes.
  8. (uncountable, slang) Tires, particularly racing tires.
Adjective

rubber

  1. (slang, of a draft/check) Not covered by funds on account.

Etymology 2

Origin unknown.

Noun

rubber (plural rubbers)

  1. (sports) In relation to a series of games or matches between two competitors where the overall winner of the series is the competitor which wins a majority of the individual games or matches:
    1. The entire series, of an odd number of games or matches in which ties are impossible (especially a series of three games in bridge or whist).
    2. An individual match within the series (especially in racquet sports).
  2. (sports, Canada, US) A rubber match; a game or match played to break a tie.
  3. The game of rubber bridge.

Etymology 3

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Verb

rubber (third-person singular simple present rubbers, present participle rubbering, simple past and past participle rubbered)

  1. (telephony) To eavesdrop on a telephone call
  2. (slang) To rubberneck; to observe with unseemly curiosity.

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