rubber🔊

(natural rubber) Pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon biopolymer of isoprene. +

(any natural or synthetic rubber) Natural rubber or any of various synthetic materials with similar properties as natural rubber.

(UK) An eraser.

(slang) A condom. +

Someone or something which rubs.

One who rubs down horses.

One who practises massage.

A coarse towel for rubbing the body.

An abrasive for rubbing with: a whetstone, file, or emery cloth, etc.

(historical) The cushion of an electric machine.

(baseball) The rectangular pad on the pitcher's mound from which the pitcher must pitch. +

(in the plural) Water-resistant shoe covers, galoshes, overshoes.

(slang) Tires, particularly racing tires.

(dated) A hardship or misfortune.

(of a draft/check) Not covered by funds on account.

(sports) In relation to a series of games or matches between two competitors where the overall winner of the series is the competitor which wins a majority of the individual games or matches:

The entire series, of an odd number of games or matches in which ties are impossible (especially a series of three games in bridge or whist).

An individual match within the series (especially in racquet sports).

(North America) A rubber match; a game or match played to break a tie.

The game of rubber bridge.

(telephony) To eavesdrop on a telephone call

(slang) To rubberneck; to observe with unseemly curiosity.