Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
rubber band \rub"ber band"\, n. A closed loop of rubber usually having a thin rectangular cross-section; also called elastic band; -- it varies in length from the circumference of a finger to several inches, and is usually used to hold several objects together temporarily, by the tension exerted when the band is stretched and fitted around the objects to be held; as, to hold a pack of cards together with a rubber band.
Wiktionary
n. An elastic band made of rubber. vb. (alternative form of rubber-band English)
WordNet
n. a narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) together [syn: elastic band, elastic]
Wikipedia
A rubber band, also known as a binder, elastic band, lackey band, laggy band, gum band, or elastic, is usually ring shaped and commonly used to hold multiple objects together. The rubber band was patented in England on March 17, 1845 by Stephen Perry. Mesoamericans (such as Aztecs and Mayans) were using natural rubber products by 1600 B.C.; they mixed latex with other materials to get desired properties. In 1839, Charles Goodyear developed vulcanization which is used to make rubber today. Most rubber bands are manufactured out of natural rubber. Rubber bands come in a variety of sizes.
"Rubber Band" was a single by David Bowie. The single was released in December 1966, and marked the start of Bowie's recording contract with Deram which would include his first album, 1967’s David Bowie.
It was part of the three-track audition tape Bowie's new manager Kenneth Pitt used to persuade the label to sign him. The track itself shows Bowie's infatuation at the time with Anthony Newley. Despite some good notices in the music press, the single was a flop, once more failing to break into the UK charts.
The track, recorded in mono in October 1966 for the single, was re-recorded in stereo the following February for Bowie's debut album.
The B-side, " The London Boys", was belatedly issued as a UK single in 1975.
A rubber band is a length of rubber and latex formed in a loop.
Rubber band or rubberband may also refer to:
- RubberBand, Cantopop band
- "Rubber Band" (song), a 1966 single by David Bowie
- "Rubberbandman" (song), a 1991 song by Yello
- " The Rubber Band", 1936 Nero Wolfe novel by Rex Stout
- "Rubber Band", a 1970s disco hit by The Trammps
- Bootsy's Rubber Band, a P-Funk spinoff group formed in 1976 and led by Bootsy Collins
- Rubber band, a technique to balance the difficulty of a video game.
- Rubberband (album), a 2013 album by Charlie Worsham
- Rubber Band (TV series), a Pakistani television series
Rubber Band is a popular sitcom that aired on ARY Digital.Due to the show's popularity re-runs continue to air on ARY Musik.The show stars the popular music group The Rubber Band.The show's main target audience are Teenagers
Usage examples of "rubber band".
Her long, dark red hair tended to hang untidily in her eyes and annoy her, so she had pulled it back and secured it with a rubber band.
Rubber got out the PLEDGE OF THE RUBBER BAND, but Turtle-back wouldn't have his name added to it, saying he didn't like to have his name written down anywhere.
Smith produced a small red note-book from his tunic pocket, removed a rubber band, tore out the central page, then carefully replaced the band on the book and the book in his pocket.
Its tongue, covered with that living spittle, extended like a thick rubber band, cracking, bleeding.
Drake unfastened the rubber band, holding the bills with his left, manipulating with that oddly scarred right.
He stripped the rubber band from his wrist and put it around the books.
His lower lip was gashed and bleeding, too, and his insides felt deeply bruised, as if his entire body had been stretched like a rubber band and then brutally snapped.
Nothing in it but a bunch of cheap costume jewelry and a long white business envelope with a rubber band around it.
The relay is in a black plastic pack with a rubber band around it—.
She felt the fabric of Dur-wood's sleeVe just brushing her arm, and she heard Ira absentmindedly twanging a rubber band.
If a Knight dies, the power should snap back to the Queen like it was on a rubber band.