rubbery

UK/ˈɹʌbəɹi/US/ˈɹʌbəɹi/

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Rubbery means springy and tough to chew. Rubbery chicken, a rubbery texture, gone rubbery.

It is always a complaint about food, and the cause is usually overcooking — proteins tighten and squeeze out water, which is what turns egg and chicken to rubber. Rubbery legs is a different sense, meaning weak and unsteady.

Definitions of rubbery

1adjectiverubberySpringy and tough to chew.B2+
“The squid was overcooked and so rubbery that I could hardly chew it.”

rubbery is a quality of texture.

Where it comes from

From rubber + -y.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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rubbery in the wild

The S40 includes a 104x64 pixel monochrome liquid-crystal display with a blue backlight, an internal antenna, and rubbery buttons to prevent accidental dialing.
Siemens S40
Prolonged exposure to the pickling solution may result in a rubbery texture.
Pickled egg
The cheese is normally yellowish and white in colour, and kind of rubbery.
Kadchgall
There are two species: Apple rubbery wood virus 1 (ARWV 1) and Apple rubbery wood virus 2 (ARWV 2).
Apple rubbery wood
Apple rubbery wood, or ARW, occurs worldwide, affecting apple and pear cultivars in most developed countries.
Apple rubbery wood

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