rubbery
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3.3
- adjective
- /ˈrʌbəri/
:
elástico
- Blythe's arms and legs are made of a flexible rubbery material, and she only has six points of articulation.
- rubbery legs
- felt rubbery
- rubbery lips
And so it can have properties like like a golf ball that that will be much more rigid than say a latex that has a more rubbery.
- And so it can have properties like like a golf ball that that will be much more rigid than say a latex that has a more rubbery.
- It's kind of like that, like soft rubbery, feel like leathery rubbery.
- So cute, I know, but it has this like rubbery, like rubbery top on it and then it's connected to a straw in there.
Examples
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After a long workout, my legs felt rubbery and weak as I tried to stand.
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Legs are a little rubbery after all that time sitting here.
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The legs appear to be still a little rubbery.
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It has a very rubbery kind of texture.
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Leaning against the Ping-Pong table, he picked up the stethoscope and felt its peculiar rubbery tubes.
Fiction book (1992) -
The Pacific chorus frogs were the most abundant, a plain rubbery green with gray-white bellies speckled with gravel dots of black.
Fiction book (1998) -
The overcooked pasta had a rubbery texture that made it hard to chew.
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The new basketball has a rubbery grip that helps players control the ball.
Synonyms
31
3.4
Able to bend easily without breaking and return to shape
23
2.6
Able to return to its original shape after being stretched or pressed
10
1.9
A fabric you can pull that returns to its old shape
3
5.6
Easily bent or shaped without breaking
2
2.5
Easy to move into new shapes
1
2.8
Easy to press by hand to change shape or let out what is inside
A thing that feels stretchy and slightly tough like rubber
Antonyms
How Flexible
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rubbery comes from the material rubber and the ending -y, so it literally means 'like rubber'. That helps you remember that something rubbery is flexible, stretchy, and tough, because rubber bends and springs back.