Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rubber ducked

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.98 in modern English

Syllables: rub-ber -ducked
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Slang

verb

simple past and past participle of rubber duck

Example Sentences

"'That's good,' said my soon-to-be-ex-brother-in-law. 'Kravitz said he was a solid guy, and well-connected too. How you feeling, anyway'? ¶ I suppressed a yawn. 'Rubber ducked,' I told him, lapsing in to Edinburgh rhyming slang."
""Yeah, sort of. 'Ang abaht, there's a boozer other there," still short of breath Jimmy pointed to a corner they were approaching, "I'm rubber ducked, d'ya fancy a pint?""

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

more rubber ducked (comparative) most rubber ducked (superlative) rubber-ducked (alternative)

Questions

What does rubber ducked mean?: Fucked.

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