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rubber ducked

rubber ducked adjective: fucked. Also the simple past and past participle of rubber duck.

Adjective

rubber ducked (comparative more rubber ducked, superlative most rubber ducked)

  1. (slang) Fucked.
    • '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.2002, Quintin Jardine, chapter 23, in Poisoned Cherries, Headline Publishing
    • "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?"2014, Emmel Pound, The Barren Seed, Booktango

Also used as

rubber ducked is also the simple past and past participle of rubber duck.

Forms of rubber ducked

comparativemore rubber ducked
superlativemost rubber ducked
alternative formrubber-ducked

Questions about rubber ducked

What does rubber ducked mean?
Rubber ducked means fucked.
What part of speech is rubber ducked?
Rubber ducked is an adjective.

Words near rubber ducked in the dictionary

  1. rubber chickens
  2. rubber diaper
  3. rubber diapers
  4. rubber duck
  5. rubber duck debugging
  6. rubber ducked
  7. rubber duckie
  8. rubber duckies
  9. rubber ducking
  10. rubber ducks
  11. rubber ducky

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