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名詞

rubber band (plural rubber bands)

1. An elastic band made of rubber (either natural rubber or synthetic rubber).

   Synonyms: elastic band, gum band (US, regional), lacquer band (Commonwealth, regional), lacky band (Commonwealth, regional)

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rubber band (third-person singular simple present rubber bands, present participle rubber banding, simple past and past participle rubber banded)

1. Alternative form of rubber-band.
   • 1994 September 26, Wayne McGinnis, interview printed in 2000, by Jean Shellenbarger in The 9th Engineer Battalion, First Marine Division, in Vietnam, page 201:

     My mother gave me maybe 150 to 200 letters, […] all rubber banded together month by month and in dates.

   • 2005, Sarah Morgan Major, Place Value, →ISBN, page 22:

     Prompt them to pick up ten sticks, rubber band them together, and quickly move them to the tens office.

   • 2012, Cheryl Kerr, See Ya, →ISBN, page 130:

     There were yellowed pages of base layouts and plans, a duty roster, and a rubber banded package of papers.

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rubber-band (third-person singular simple present rubber-bands, present participle rubber-banding, simple past and past participle rubber-banded)

1. To join with rubber bands.
2. (video games) To keep a computer-controlled character within a limited distance of the player when racing, as if connected by an invisible rubber band.
3. (Internet video games) To move to a previous position due to network lag, as if being held back by a rubber band.

名詞

rubber-band (plural rubber-bands)

1. (especially attributive) Alternative form of rubber band