" rubber "

[Noun]  | "rub*ber" | \ ˈrə-bər \

1: one that rubs

2: an instrument or object (such as a rubber eraser) used in rubbing, polishing, scraping, or cleaning

3: something that prevents rubbing or chafing

Origin: 15th century ;

[Noun]  | "rubber" 

1: a contest consisting of an odd number of games won by the side that takes a majority (such as two out of three)

2: an odd game played to determine the winner of a tie

Origin: 1594 ;

 Origin unknown;

[Noun]  | "rubber band" 

1: a continuous band of rubber used in various ways (as for holding together a sheaf of papers)

Origin: 1844 ;

[Noun]  | "rubber bridge" 

1: a form of contract bridge in which settlement is made at the end of each rubber

Origin: 1935 ;

[Noun]  | "rubber cement" 

1: an adhesive consisting typically of a dispersion of vulcanized rubber in an organic solvent

Origin: 1849 ;

[Noun]  | "rubber check" 

1: a check returned by a bank because of insufficient funds in the payer's account

Origin: 1921 ;

 From its coming back like a bouncing rubber ball;

[Noun]  | "rubber plant" 

1: a plant that yields rubber; especially : a tall tropical widely cultivated Asian tree (Ficus elastica) of the mulberry family that is frequently dwarfed as a houseplant

Origin: 1863 ;

[Noun]  | "rubber rabbitbrush" 

1: a rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa synonym Chrysothamnus nauseosus) of western North America that typically grows in poor, dry soils and has flexible hairy stems and clusters of small yellow flowers —called also chamisa, gray rabbitbrush

Origin: 1931 ;

[Adjective]  | "rub*ber-chick*en" | \ ˈrə-bər-ˈchi-kən \

1: of, relating to, or being a series of social gatherings (such as fund-raising dinners) at which speeches are given

Origin: 1972 ;

 From the low quality of the food stereotypically served at such events;

[Verb]  | "rub*ber-stamp" | \ ˈrə-bər-ˈstamp \

1: to approve, endorse, or dispose of as a matter of routine or at the command of another

2: to mark with a rubber stamp

Origin: 1893 ;

[Noun]  | "rubber" 

[Noun]  | "rubber stamp" 

[Noun]  | "rubber stamps" 

[Verb]  | "rubber-stamps" 

[Verb]  | "rubber-stamp" 

[Verb]  | "rubber-stamped" 

[Verb]  | "rubber-stamping"