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A Rube Goldberg machine is, in its essence, a trial-and-error thing.
Adam Sadowsky

Meaning of "Rube Goldberg" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RUBE GOLDBERG

Rube Goldberg  [ruːb ˈɡəʊldbɜːɡ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RUBE GOLDBERG

noun
adjective
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adverb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Rube Goldberg is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES RUBE GOLDBERG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Rube Goldberg

Rube Goldberg

Reuben Garrett Lucius "Rube" Goldberg was an American cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer and inventor. He is best known for a series of popular cartoons depicting complicated gadgets that perform simple tasks in indirect, convoluted ways, similar to Heath Robinson devices in the UK, as well as the Storm P devices in Denmark. Goldberg received many honors in his lifetime, including a Pulitzer Prize for his political cartooning in 1948 and the Banshees' Silver Lady Award 1959. Goldberg was a founding member and the first president of the National Cartoonists Society, and he is the namesake of the Reuben Award, which the organization awards to the Cartoonist of the Year. He is the inspiration for various international competitions, known as Rube Goldberg Machine Contests, which challenge participants to make a complicated machine to perform a simple task.

Definition of Rube Goldberg in the English dictionary

The definition of Rube Goldberg in the dictionary is doing something by unnecessarily complicated means.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RUBE GOLDBERG


berg
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Brandenburg
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burg
bɜːɡ
Edberg
ˈɛdbɜːɡ
Hamburg
ˈhæmbɜːɡ
Harrisburg
ˈhærɪsˌbɜːɡ
Heidelberg
ˈhaɪdəlˌbɜːɡ
homburg
ˈhɒmbɜːɡ
Johannesburg
dʒəʊˈhænɪsˌbɜːɡ
Limburg
ˈlɪmbɜːɡ
Lindbergh
ˈlɪndbɜːɡ
Luxembourg
ˈlʌksəmˌbɜːɡ
Mecklenburg
ˈmɛklənˌbɜːɡ
Petersburg
ˈpiːtəzˌbɜːɡ
Pittsburgh
ˈpɪtsbɜːɡ
Salzburg
ˈsæltsbɜːɡ
Sandburg
ˈsændbɜːɡ
Strindberg
ˈstrɪndbɜːɡ
svedberg
ˈsvedbɜːɡ
Tilburg
ˈtɪlbɜːɡ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RUBE GOLDBERG

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Ruben
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WORDS THAT END LIKE RUBE GOLDBERG

Arlberg
Bamberg
Blumberg
Bundaberg
Frederiksberg
Ginsberg
Gutenberg
Hardenberg
Heisenberg
Holberg
Nuremberg
Rosenberg
Schoenberg
Spielberg
Sternberg
tip of the iceberg
von Sternberg
Vorarlberg
Weinberg
Wittenberg

Synonyms and antonyms of Rube Goldberg in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Rube Goldberg» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

鲁贝戈德堡
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Rube Goldberg
570 millions of speakers

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Rube Goldberg
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Rube गोल्डवर्ग
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الساذج غولدبرغ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

РубГолдберг
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Rube Goldberg
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রুবে গোল্ডবার্গ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Rube Goldberg
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rube Goldberg
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rube Goldberg
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

複雑怪奇な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

루브 골드버그
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rube Goldberg
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Rube Goldberg
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கோல்ட்பர்க்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Rube गोल्डबर्ग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Rube Goldberg
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Rube Goldberg
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Rube Goldberg
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

РубГолдберг
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Rube Goldberg
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Rube Goldberg
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Rube Goldberg
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Rube Goldberg
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Rube Goldberg
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Rube Goldberg

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Rube Goldberg

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QUOTES WITH «RUBE GOLDBERG»

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Adam Sadowsky
A Rube Goldberg machine is, in its essence, a trial-and-error thing.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RUBE GOLDBERG»

Discover the use of Rube Goldberg in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Rube Goldberg and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Art of Rube Goldberg: A) Inventive B) Cartoon C) Genius
Not many of us make it into the dictionary as an adjective. But then again, Rube Goldberg was no ordinary noun.
‎2013
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Rube Goldberg: Inventions!
A collection of Rube Goldberg's inventions features "schematics" designed to help people cut their own hair, color Easter eggs, tee a golf ball, and open the garage door.
Maynard Frank Wolfe, Rube Goldberg, 2000
3
The best of Rube Goldberg
A collection of more than 90 humorous inventions which have appeared in the author's cartoons during his career.
Rube Goldberg, 1979
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Rube Goldberg Machines: Essays in Mormon Theology
Author stakes out his positions on the nature of the Atonement, the soul, testimony, eternal marriage, contemporary politics, humanism, and the historicity of the Book of Mormon.
Adam S. Miller, 2012
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Chain Reaction: Rube Goldberg and Contemporary Art
Influential, early 20th-century cartoonist Rube Goldberg sets the stage for contemporary artists engaged with humorous explorations of mechanical devices.
Ian Berry, Rube Goldberg, 2001
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Foolish Questions
Rube Goldberg's classic collection of his Foolish Questions newspaper comic is available again. Foolish questions deserve foolish answers to these quirky folk, and witty sarcasm reins supreme.
Rube Goldberg, 2009
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Bobo Baxter, the complete daily strip, 1927-1928
Madcap action and visual humor are displayed in a reprint of a multitalented San Francisco cartoonist's daily adventure strip
Rube Goldberg, 1977
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Rube Goldberg on Golf
Virtually all of Rube Goldberg's golf machines are reproduced in vivid color in this new book along with many of his golf cartoons and much of his extensive and hilarious writings on the game of golf.
Martin Davis, Rube Goldberg, 2013
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Rethinking Political Institutions: The Art of the State
Our arrangements of governance appear infused not with the spirit of the Enlightenment but with the humor of Rube Goldberg; after releasing a marble that tips a lever that lifts a plug, a stream of water moves a pingpong ball from A to B. Unlike ...
Ian Shapiro, Stephen Skowronek, Daniel Galvin, 2006
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812 HCA Comics Signature Auction Catalog
400g Rube Goldberg - Cartoon Follies of 1g27 Daily Comic Strip Original Art, dated 1-12-27 (McNaught Syndicate, 1g27). Pulitzer Prize winner Rube Goldberg is one of America's favorite cartoonists of all time, and his legacy lives on today, ...
Ivy Press, James L. Haplerin (Editor), 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RUBE GOLDBERG»

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Professor: Iran Deal Is A Lot Like A Rube Goldberg Machine
This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon. The agreement to restrict Iran's nuclear program while easing economic sanctions took almost two ... «WFDD, Jul 15»
2
Incredible Science Machine team seeks Rube Goldberg record with …
“More than 15 builders from around the world” have build the Rube Goldberg Device, according to the project website. It features “more than half a million ... «Boing Boing, Jul 15»
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Team seeks record in Detroit with chain reaction machine
According to event organizers, the current Guinness World Records mark for a Rube Goldberg machine had 300 steps and ran for about 2 minutes. «U.S. News & World Report, Jul 15»
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#NPRreads: Rube Goldberg Machine's Dark Origins And Spalding …
#NPRreads is a new feature we're testing out on Twitter and on The Two-Way. The premise is simple: Correspondents, editors and producers throughout our ... «NPR, Apr 15»
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Rube Goldberg's Passover Seder
The Washington Post. The Washington Post. Rube Goldberg's Passover Seder ... Rube Goldberg's Passover Seder. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter. «Washington Post, Apr 15»
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The Story Of Passover As Told By This Insane Rube Goldberg
It's in that spirit a team of students at Israel's Technion Institute of Technology created this astonishingly complex Rube Goldberg machine–made, in part, with ... «GOOD Magazine, Apr 15»
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Dominoes, Pulleys and Plagues: Students Design Rube Goldberg
A screenshot from a video of the Technion's "Rube Goldberg's Passover Seder" shows the parting of the Red Sea. In the background is a toy Ferris wheel that ... «Newsweek, Mar 15»
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Philly students take (many) steps to bring complicated world of Rube
On Saturday, they will show their work at the Philadelphia Rube Goldberg Machine Contest, the first of what organizers hope will be an annual academic contest ... «Newsworks.org, Mar 15»
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Elk Mound wipes out competition to win Rube Goldberg contest
It was part of the Annual Rube Goldberg contest. The idea of the competition is to take a seemingly simple task and make it into a complex multi-staged process. «WEAU, Mar 15»
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Valpo native on Purdue's winning Rube Goldberg team
Purdue Society of Professional Engineers student Rube Goldberg team regained the national championship in 2014 with a zipper zipping machine. The Purdue ... «nwitimes.com, May 14»

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