rubber duck
English
Etymology 1
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Noun
rubber duck (plural rubber ducks)
- A toy, made from rubber or rubber-like plastic, shaped like a duck; usually a floating bathtub toy.
- (nautical, slang) An inflatable boat.
Derived terms
Translations
toy shaped like a duck
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inflatable boat
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References
- Inflatable boat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
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Verb
rubber duck (third-person singular simple present rubber ducks, present participle rubber ducking, simple past and past participle rubber ducked)
- (transitive, programming) To act as a sounding board for a programmer that is debugging their code, facilitating rubber duck debugging.