1
: material in the form of a tube
also
: a length or piece of tube
2
: a series or system of tubes
3
: the sport or activity of riding an inner tube (as down a river or snowy slope)
Examples of tubing in a Sentence
The fluids travel through flexible plastic tubing.
We go tubing on the river every summer.
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The slow-moving Androscoggin River passes through the village (prime tubing in the summer) and an ever-growing network of singletrack is attracting more and more mountain bikers.
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Graham Averill, Outside Online, 16 Apr. 2025
For decades, road-trippers zoomed right past Wimberley, Texas—with its scenic vistas, untamed terrain, lazy tubing rivers, blooming wildflower fields, and tiny but tight-knit community.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 29 Mar. 2025
The latest release is a first for the brand in the tubing category.
—Dahvi Shira, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
One puppeteer uses tubing to add blood and other fluids at appropriate points during the birth; the other has an arm inside the hollow pregnant belly in order to squeeze the silicone baby out of the vaginal canal.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
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Graham Averill, Outside Online, 16 Apr. 2025
For decades, road-trippers zoomed right past Wimberley, Texas—with its scenic vistas, untamed terrain, lazy tubing rivers, blooming wildflower fields, and tiny but tight-knit community.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 29 Mar. 2025
The latest release is a first for the brand in the tubing category.
—Dahvi Shira, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
One puppeteer uses tubing to add blood and other fluids at appropriate points during the birth; the other has an arm inside the hollow pregnant belly in order to squeeze the silicone baby out of the vaginal canal.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
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“Tubing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tubing. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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tubing
noun
tub·ing
ˈt(y)ü-biŋ 
1
: material in the form of a tube
2
: a series or system of tubes
3
: the sport or activity of riding an inner tube (as down a river or snowy slope)
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