1. rubber duck - Noun
2. rubber duck - Verb
A toy, made from rubber or rubber-like plastic, shaped like a duck; usually a floating bathtub toy.
(nautical, slang) An inflatable boat.
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.
rubber-duck (third-person singular simple present rubber-ducks, present participle rubber-ducking, simple past and past participle rubber-ducked)
Alternative form of rubber duck
rubber-duck
One is never alone with a rubber duck. Douglas Adams
Just because you call an electric eel a rubber duck doesn't make it a rubber duck, does it? And God help the poor bastard who decides they want to take a bath with the duckie. Cassandra Clare
Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy a rubber duck and he will seize its neck like the butt of a pistol and shout "Bang!" George Will
I've always said the rubber duck is a yellow catalyst. Florentijn Hofman
I think places that need the rubber duck the most are the ones in distress. Florentijn Hofman