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flubber

flubber

4 9.5
A rubbery substance from stories that makes things bounce very high
  • noun
  • /ˈflʌbər/
  • Literature
translation icon : Flubber
  • And up goes the flubber, and up goes the car.

Examples

  • Whitish flubber oozed all around her.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Mrs. Chatsworth, don't you tell a soul, but I've discovered flubber.

    The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)

  • Okay, flubber, it's time that you and l... got to know each other.

    Flubber (1997)

  • Make sure the flubber stays in the tank.

    Flubber (1997)

  • Well, if our flubber's going to be of any use to anyone, we've got to control it, right?

    The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)

  • The flubber bounced high into the air after it was dropped from the table.

  • In the movie, the scientist used flubber to make his car float and leap over obstacles.

  • The children laughed as they played with the flubber, watching it spring back up after every stomp.

How Bouncy

flubber
  • Literature
4 9.5

Surface Forms

flubber singular
flubbers plural

Etymology

Flubber was made famous by a movie where a scientist created a bouncy material he called 'flying rubber', mixing fly and rubber. So, in stories flubber is a rubbery substance that bounces very high.