flubber

English

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Flubber (disambiguation)

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌbə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

 Flubber (material) on Wikipedia

Blend of flying +‎ rubber; originally the name of a fictional substance in the film The Absent-Minded Professor (1961).

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.

   Synonym: slime

Descendants

• → German: Flummi (“bouncy ball”) (calque)

Translations

Translations

German: Glibber m, Schleim (de) m Korean: 슬라임 (seullaim), 액체괴물 (aekchegoemul), 액괴 (aekgoe)

See also

• oobleck

Etymology 2

From flub +‎ -er.

Noun

flubber (plural flubbers)

1. One who flubs; a goof, a person who makes errors while speaking.