"rubber ducked" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more rubber ducked [comparative], most rubber ducked [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} rubber ducked (comparative more rubber ducked, superlative most rubber ducked)
  1. (rhyming slang) Fucked. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-rubber_ducked-en-adj-bDHT1enG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} rubber ducked
  1. simple past and past participle of rubber duck Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: rubber duck Synonyms: rubber-ducked
    Sense id: en-rubber_ducked-en-verb-Nrpuq2dw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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