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rubberband

rubberband is the alternative form of rubber band.

rubberband is the alternative form of rubber-band.

Meaning of rubber band

Noun

rubber band (plural rubber bands)

  1. An elastic band made of rubber (either natural rubber or synthetic rubber).
    Synonyms:
    elastic band, gum band, lacquer band, lacky band

Meaning of rubber-band

Verb

rubber-band (third-person singular simple present rubber-bands, present participle rubber-banding, simple past and past participle rubber-banded)

  1. To join with rubber bands.
  2. To keep a computer-controlled character within a limited distance of the player when racing, as if connected by an invisible rubber band.
  3. (Internet) To move to a previous position due to network lag, as if being held back by a rubber band.

Forms of rubberband

Noun
pluralrubberbands
Verb
third-person singular presentrubberbands
present participlerubberbanding
past participlerubberbanded
pastrubberbanded

Questions about rubberband

What is rubberband the alternative form of?
Rubberband is the alternative form of rubber band.

Words near rubberband in the dictionary

  1. rubber-soled
  2. rubber-stamp
  3. rubber-stamped
  4. rubber-stamping
  5. rubber-stamps
  6. rubberband
  7. rubberbanded
  8. rubberbanding
  9. rubberbands
  10. rubberduck
  11. rubberducked

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rubberband (page history and authors); rubber band (page history and authors); rubber-band (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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