rubber duck

== English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Alternative forms ==== rubber duckie rubber ducky ==== Pronunciation ==== ==== Noun ==== rubber duck (plural rubber ducks) A toy, made from rubber or rubber-like plastic, shaped like a duck; usually a floating bathtub toy. Synonym: (informal) rubber ducky (nautical, slang) An inflatable boat. ===== Derived terms ===== rubber ducking rubber duck debugging unsinkable rubber duck ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== Inflatable boat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Etymology 2 === ==== Alternative forms ==== rubberduck rubber-duck ==== Verb ==== rubber duck (third-person singular simple present rubber ducks, present participle rubber ducking, simple past and past participle rubber ducked) (transitive, programming) To act as a sounding board for a programmer that is debugging their code, facilitating rubber duck debugging. ===== Related terms ===== ducking