rubber banded
Held by stretchy loop
Rubber banded describes something held together or bundled with a rubber band: a rubber-banded stack of letters, The bills came rubber banded in neat piles.
The term can also describe the stretched, snapping-back quality of a rubber band—in video games, rubber banding refers to AI opponents that speed up when you're ahead or slow down when you're behind, keeping races artificially close.
Able to bend freely
- stretchableCapable of being extended
- resilientAble to recover quickly
- pliableCapable of bending easily
- springyAble to rebound
expandable · retractable · rebounding · give · yielding · bouncy · supple · tensile
Arranged by similarity
- bundledGathered and tied together
- securedMade fast or obtained
- fastenedJoined or held together
- wrappedCovered in material
bound · held together · stacked · organized · sorted · collated · gathered · collected
Created without prior planning
- temporaryLimited in duration
- jury-riggedTemporarily fixed with scraps
- stopgapTemporary substitute measure
- makeshiftTemporary, improvised substitute
ad-hoc · cobbled-together · provisional · kludge · MacGyvered · patched · rigged · hacked
flexible
Able to bend freely
- stretchableCapable of being extended
- resilientAble to recover quickly
- pliableCapable of bending easily
springy · expandable · retractable · rebounding · give · yielding · bouncy · supple · tensile
grouped
Arranged by similarity
wrapped · bound · held together · stacked · organized · sorted · collated · gathered · collected · packaged
improvised
Created without prior planning
- temporaryLimited in duration
- jury-riggedTemporarily fixed with scraps
- stopgapTemporary substitute measure
makeshift · ad-hoc · cobbled-together · provisional · kludge · MacGyvered · patched · rigged · hacked · expedient
stretched
Pulled to lengthen
- tautStretched under tension
- snappedBroke with sudden force
- constrictedMade narrower by pressure
compressed · tight · gripping · binding · squeezing · strained · pulled · elastic · springy · tensioned