"flubber" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Rhymes: -ʌbə(ɹ) Etymology: Blend of flying + rubber; originally the name of a fictional substance in the film The Absent-Minded Professor (1961). Etymology templates: {{blend|en|flying|rubber}} Blend of flying + rubber Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} flubber (uncountable)
  1. A rubbery polymer formed by cross-linking of polyvinyl alcohol with a boron compound, used as a plaything or to demonstrate physical properties. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: slime Related terms: oobleck Translations (Translations): Glibber [masculine] (German), Schleim [masculine] (German), 슬라임 (seullaim) (Korean), 액체괴물 (aekchegoemul) (Korean), 액괴 (aekgoe) (Korean)
    Sense id: en-flubber-en-noun-lANQF3BV Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Korean translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 71 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Forms: flubbers [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌbə(ɹ) Etymology: From flub + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|flub|er|id2=agent noun}} flub + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} flubber (plural flubbers)
  1. One who flubs; a goof, a person who makes errors while speaking.
    Sense id: en-flubber-en-noun-yT4n-nWw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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