"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. Alternative form of rubber ducked Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: rubber ducked
    Sense id: en-rubber-ducked-en-adj-N4gcSGQp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 63 37
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-ptSdbaeK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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