Meanings
nountubing (countable and uncountable, plural tubings)
plural tubings
- collectivecountableuncountableTubes, considered as a group.
- countableuncountableRiding down a river on an inner tube recreationally.
Enticed by boozy tubing experiences, throngs of twentysomething backpackers cemented its spot on south-east Asia’s famed backpacker trail.
2024 November 22, Adeshola Ore, Kate Lamb, “Six people are dead after a suspected mass methanol poisoning at a backpacker party town. What went wrong in Laos?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN - countableuncountableTobogganing down a snowy slope or toboggan run on an inner tube.
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of tube
Synonyms & antonyms
nounconduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
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Translations
Bulgarian тръби, тръбопровод
- тръби (trăbi)tubes
- тръбопровод (trăboprovod)system of tubes
- пързаляне с автомобилна гума (părzaljane s avtomobilna guma)recreation
Finnish putket, putkisto
- putkettubes
- putkistosystem of tubes
Italian condotta
- condottatubes
Polish rury, system rur
- rurytubes
- system rursystem of tubes
- tubingrecreation
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APA
tubing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tubing
MLA
“tubing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tubing. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tubing,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tubing.
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