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flubber

flubber

1 7.2
A soft, stretchy, sticky toy material children pull and play with
  • noun
  • /ˈflʌbər/
translation icon : slime
  • The flubber we made in science class was bright green and very sticky.

Examples

  • Children love to play with flubber because it stretches and bounces all over the place.

  • Applying flubber in a solution... externally to golf ball.

    Flubber (1997)

  • Applying light coating of flubber... to surface of bowling ball.

    Flubber (1997)

  • Adding 500 milligrams... crystallized flubber to common hand cream.

    Flubber (1997)

  • Fluid flubber... with a convenient spray applicator.

    Flubber (1997)

  • Flubber, gluep, glurch, or slime are common names referring to a rubbery polymer formed by cross-linking polyvinyl alcohol with a boron compound.

    Blog text (25)

  • After mixing glue and borax, we created a fun flubber that kept sticking to our hands.

Synonyms

goo
vsflubber
59 3.0

A thick sticky substance that is soft and wet

is a specific playful stretchy toy material rather than any substance
bubber
vsflubber
9.8

A soft, squishy toy children squeeze and shape

is a more specific stretchy and sticky toy made from glue and borax

How Stretchy

flubber
1 7.2
slime
85 1.8

Surface Forms

flubber singular
flubbers plural

Etymology

Flubber as a toy took its name from the same film and from the idea of rubber, but with a playful sound to show it is soft and stretchy rather than hard. So, the toy flubber is a stretchy, sticky putty children play with.