| rubber | |
| 1. n. Pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon polymer of isoprene. | |
| 2. n. Synthetic materials with the same properties as natural rubber. | |
| 3. n. (UK, Australia, NZ) An eraser. | |
| 4. n. (North America, slang) A condom. | |
| 5. n. Someone or something which rubs. | |
| 6. n. (baseball) The rectangular pad on the pitcher's mound from which the pitcher must pitch. | |
| Jones toes the rubber and then fires to the plate. | |
| 7. n. (North America, in the plural) Water resistant shoe covers, galoshes, overshoes. | |
| Johnny, don't forget your rubbers today. | |
| 8. n. (slang) Tires, particularly racing tires. | |
| Jones enters the pits to get new rubber. | |
| 9. adj. (slang) Not covered by funds on account. | |
| 10. n. (sports) In relation to a series of games or matches between two competitors where the overall winner of the series is the competitor which wins a majority of the individual games or matches: | |
| 11. n. The entire series, of an odd number of games or matches in which ties are impossible (especially a series of three games in bridge or whist). | |
| 12. n. An individual match within the series (especially in racquet sports). | |
| 13. n. (sports) A rubber match; a game or match played to break a tie. | |
| 14. n. The game of rubber bridge. | |
| 15. v. (telephony) To eavesdrop on a telephone call | |
| 16. v. (slang) To rubberneck; to observe with unseemly curiosity. | |
