"rubber ducky" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-rubber ducky.ogg [Australia] Forms: rubber duckies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} rubber ducky (plural rubber duckies)
  1. (informal) A rubber duck (bath toy). Tags: informal Categories (topical): Bathing, Toys
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  2. (amateur radio, slang) A small, flexible fixed-length antenna covered with a vinyl or rubber coating, frequently used with a handy talkie or other portable radio equipment. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Amateur radio, Radio
    Sense id: en-rubber_ducky-en-noun-kr9Ng1TW Disambiguation of Radio: 31 69 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 47 53

Inflected forms

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