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Meanings of rubbery in English

Difficult to chew.

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Having an elastic texture resembling rubber in flexibility or toughness.

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Usage of rubbery in English
1
She saw three square blocks made of some substance that felt rubbery.
The Lost World
2
There seemed to be a rubbery wall of glass in the way.
A Canticle For Leibowitz
3
But now he wants to take his rubbery creations around the world.
BBC
4
Rather, they chewed sidewise, like a cat, at the tough rubbery tendrils.
Greener Than You Think
5
Then Shady bites into her arm, ripping the rubbery skin from her.
Fantastic Orgy
6
Women had touched its rubbery gray flesh and screamed in mock terror.
Brotherhood of the Wolf
7
Elena nodded, her legs so rubbery she sank down on the chair.
The lost recipe for happiness
8
Dizziness, headache, chest pains, rapid breathing, racing heartbeat, sweaty palms, rubbery legs.
Fireflies
9
Gill slits worked convulsively in the rubbery gray skin of the neck.
Earth strike: star carrier: book one
10
Billings shook his head slowly, then offered the rubbery, frightening grin again.
Night Shift
11
White rubbery gummata or necrotic chancres metastasized from people's mouths and loins.
The last page
12
My legs were rubbery as I walked past Mom to the door.
Boy’s Life
13
Usually it's locked inside the rubbery case that comes with every OnePlus 6T.
Wired
14
That's the first thing I saw, rubbery and purplish and not quite human.
John Dies at the End
15
Their arms drooped, their muscles rubbery, their weapons suddenly too heavy to aim.
Mech
16
Ice Holdz, however, are manufactured from a rubbery compound with a plastic shell.
Rock and Ice Magazine
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common