rubber duck
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rubber duck
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From rubber + duck. The verb sense is derived from the noun one; see rubber duck debugging for more information on its etymology.
noun rubber ducks
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A toy, made from rubber or rubber-like plastic, shaped like a duck; usually a floating bathtub toy.
Similar: rubber ducky, rubber duckie
- 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.
verb rubber ducks · rubber ducking · rubber ducked
- To act as a sounding board for a programmer that is debugging their code, facilitating rubber duck debugging.
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noun toy shaped like a duck
| Español | patito de goma, patito de hule |
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| 한국어 | 고무오리 gomuori |
| 中文 | 橡皮小鴨 /橡皮小鸭 xiàngpí xiǎoyā |
| Português | patinho de borracha |
| Français | canard en caoutchouc, canard en plastique |
| Deutsch | Gummiente, Quietscheente, Quietscheentchen, Badeente |
| Italiano | paperella di gomma, papera di gomma |
| Русский | рези́новая у́тка rezínovaja útka |
noun inflatable boat
| 한국어 | 고무보트 gomuboteu |
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title = {rubber duck},
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