Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An elastic loop of natural or synthetic rubber used to hold objects together. Also called regionally gum band.
Wiktionary
- n. An elastic band made of rubber.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A closed loop of rubber usually having a thin rectangular cross-section; also called
elastic band ; -- it varies in length from the circumference of a finger to several inches, and is usually used to hold several objects together temporarily, by the tension exerted when the band is stretched and fitted around the objects to be held.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) together
Examples
“My father knew that the sailors would send him home if they caught him, so he looked in his knapsack and took out a rubber band and the empty grain bag with the label saying "Cranberry.”
“Carefully I loosened its neck in the rubber band and squeezed the shrunken air out, to prevent it expanding again when the day grew hot, and reabsorbing the precious liquid.”
“She also took two or three hard claps on the side of the mask; the sword, called a shinai, was only sliced bamboo staves held together by twine for presence but not strength, but at that speed when it hit, it had to feel like someone had pronged a huge rubber band against her head.”
“There, one of the Canadians, Éric Bédard, bumped me—it was an accident—and when I went down, it was if my ankle were a rubber band being stretched way out of shape.”
“The rubber band gives way to loose grands jetés and ass slapping.”
“The song had been in heavy rotation on TSF that fall, and hearing it once more left me no choice but to do my rubber band dance.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘rubber band’.
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TECH - department store terms
lift, flask, datum, cater, absorbable, access road, account book, acoustic, adding machine, adhesive, advisory service, aeration and 231 more...
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Bands
band, bands, The Band, Band, rubber band, gum band, Geneva bands, preaching bands, barrister's bands, Band-Aid, wedding band, Citizens' Band and 55 more...
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Things you can (or should) stuff insi...
Is it smaller than a breadbox? Is it too light to do damage if you hurled it from a trebuchet? Would it turn crispy and golden brown if you have the toaster on the right setting? If you answered "y...
things you can (o..., slice of white bread, slice of whole wh..., slice of rye bread, frozen waffle, garden burger, pop tart, postcard, leaf of iceberg l..., English muffin, slice of pound cake, floppy disk and 48 more...
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hairstyles
bun, bobtail, ponytail, cornrow, odango*, updo, bouffant, plait, braid, bunches, buzzcut, combover and 331 more...
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junk drawer
marble, locket, bolt, nut, washer, copper, slug, plug, fuse, twist, string, cord and 55 more...
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chained_bear Newsflash: Rubber Band Needed. Apr 23, 2008