Needing or using up much energy; testing powers of endurance. / (obsolete) burning; ardent / Difficult or exhausting to traverse.

simple past tense and past participle of rubber band

(US politics, chiefly derogatory) A primary election with a large number of serious candidates, usually more than four, making it possible that the winner will have been chosen by only a small port...

(archaic, rare) A heavy strike with a weapon, tool, or the hand.