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[ ruhb-uh-ree ] / ˈrʌb ə ri / SEE SYNONYMS FOR rubbery ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivelike rubber; elastic; tough. Origin of rubberyFirst recorded in 1905–10; rubber1 + -y1 Words nearby rubberyrubberneck, rubber plant, rubber room, rubber stamp, rubber tree, rubbery, Rubbia, rubbing, rubbing alcohol, rubbish, rubbish bin Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for rubberyLeno's face, although it glows with the rubbery health of the often-exfoliated, is falling, and jowls are begging to form. Conan Vs. Jay|Choire Sicha|May 2, 2010|DAILY BEAST His head whirled, his arms and legs were suddenly weak and rubbery. Equation of Doom|Gerald Vance He carried a loose, limp, and rubbery frame well suited to the uses of a long-distance drunkard. Where the Pavement Ends|John Russell They were milling about, for it was still too soon after the night's chill to sit down or lie on the rubbery red sward. The Martian Cabal|Roman Frederick Starzl
The rubbery hands of the autobath were soft and massaged him gently and expertly. Tangle Hold|F. L. Wallace Common name for young, green, cracked, leathery or rubbery low-grade store cheese fit only to bait traps. The Complete Book of Cheese|Robert Carlton Brown
British Dictionary definitions for rubbery
adjectivehaving the texture of or resembling rubber, esp in flexibility or toughness Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to rubberysupple, buoyant, strong, volatile, tough, soft, porous, mushy, springy, squishy, bouncy, malleable, pliable, stretching, airy, effervescent, elastic, expansive, hardy, irrepressible |