rubber-ducked
English
editEtymology 1
editAdjective
editrubber-ducked (comparative more rubber-ducked, superlative most rubber-ducked)
- Alternative form of rubber ducked
- 1994, Quintin Jardine, chapter 14, in Skinner's Festival, Headline Publishing:
- 'Thanks, boss, but I won't if you don't mind. I'm rubber-ducked. So I'm bound for an early night, Saturday or not!'
- 2017, Brian Terry, Gold 2 Dust, Matador, page 145:
- If the world decides to move out of the dollar and into gold then we are, not to put too fine a point on it, totally rubber-ducked. See Seb, I'm definitely getting the hand of cockney!
Etymology 2
editAlternative forms
editVerb
editrubber-ducked
- simple past and past participle of rubber-duck