rubber-duckedとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

rubber-ducked (comparative more rubber-ducked, superlative most rubber-ducked)

1. Alternative form of rubber ducked
   • 1994, Quintin Jardine, Skinner's Festival, Headline Publishing, chapter 14:

     'Thanks, boss, but I won't if you don't mind. I'm rubber-ducked. So I'm bound for an early night, Saturday or not!'

   • 2017, Brian Terry, Gold ₂ Dust, Matador, page 145:

     If the world decides to move out of the dollar and into gold then we are, not to put too fine a point on it, totally rubber-ducked. See Seb, I'm definitely getting the hand of cockney!