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rubber ducks

rubber ducks is the plural of rubber duck.

rubber ducks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rubber duck.

Meaning of rubber duck

Noun

rubber duck (plural rubber ducks)

  1. A toy, made from rubber or rubber-like plastic, shaped like a duck; usually a floating bathtub toy.
  2. (slang) An inflatable boat.
    • Around midday on Saturday, Warrnambool's main beach was evacuated when a volunteer from Warrnambool Surf Life Saving Club was thrown into the ocean from an inflatable rescue boat (IRB), often referred to as a rubber duck.2023 October 2, Emily Bissland, “Warrnambool beach evacuated as surf lifesaver is 'catapulted' from rogue inflatable rescue boat”, in Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Forms of rubber ducks

alternative formrubber-ducks

Questions about rubber ducks

What is rubber ducks the plural of?
Rubber ducks is the plural of rubber duck.

Words near rubber ducks in the dictionary

  1. rubber duck debugging
  2. rubber ducked
  3. rubber duckie
  4. rubber duckies
  5. rubber ducking
  6. rubber ducks
  7. rubber ducky
  8. rubber eel
  9. rubber eels
  10. rubber gauge
  11. rubber gauges

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