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tube en · NOUN

Pronunciation

tyōōb no yod-coalescence
/tjuːb/ no yod-coalescence
(UK) audio
/tuːb/ yod-dropping
/tʃuːb/ yod-coalescence
(UK) audio
tōōb yod-dropping
(Australia) audio
chōōb yod-coalescence

Etymology

From Middle French tube, from Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”), related to tuba (“long trumpet; war-trumpet”), of obscure ultimate origin, but possibly connected to tībia (“shinbone, reed-pipe”); see there. Doublet of tubus.

Meanings

Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape.
- But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window […], and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, little dreaming that the deadly tube was levelled at them. 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
An approximately cylindrical container, usually with a crimped end and a screw top, used to contain and dispense semiliquid substances.
- A tube of toothpaste.
(UK, as Tube, capitalized, colloquial, often, qualifier:a trademark) The London Underground railway system, originally referred to the lower level lines that ran in tubular tunnels as opposed to the higher ones which ran in rectangular section tunnels. (Often the tube.)
- He took the tube to Westminster and disappeared.
- I took the tube to Waterloo and walked the rest of the way.
- The economist also observed that some of the Victoria Line's cost should be debited to existing lines, as they would benefit from the rebuilding of their interchange stations with the new tube. 1962 October, “The Victoria Line”, in Modern Railways, page 217:
(UK, as Tube, capitalized, colloquial, obsolete, often, qualifier:a trademark) The London Underground railway system, originally referred to the lower level lines that ran in tubular tunnels as opposed to the higher ones which ran in rectangular section tunnels. (Often the tube.) ▸ One of the tubular tunnels of the London Underground.
- And thus it came about that on that October morning I found myself in the deep level tube with the Professor speeding to the North of London in what proved to be one of the most singular experiences of my remarkable life. 1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Disintegration Machine:
(Australia, slang) A tin can containing beer.
- It's alright to cop a warm tube of Fosters and a cold pie 'n' peas when you're dated by one of the locals[.] 1967, The Kings Cross Whisper, number xlii., Sydney, page 7, column 4:
- Tinnie: a tin of beer — also called a tube. 1995, Sue Butler, Lonely Planet Australian Phrasebook: Language Survival Kit:
- That Humphries should imply that, in the Foster's ads, Hogan's ocker appropriated McKenzie's discourse (specifically the idiom "crack an ice-cold tube") reinforces my contention. 2004, Paul Matthew St. Pierre, Portrait of the Artist as Australian: L'Oeuvre Bizarre de Barry Humphries:
- Beer is also available from bottleshops (or bottle-o's) in cases (or 'slabs') of 24-36 cans (‘tinnies' or ‘tubes') or bottles (‘stubbies') of 375ml each. 2002, Andrew Swaffer, Katrina O'Brien, Darroch Donald, Footprint Australia Handbook: The Travel Guide [text repeated in Footprint West Coast Australia Handbook (2003)]
A wave which pitches forward when breaking, creating a hollow space inside.
- It seemed like Butch was invincible, like he could do nothing wrong, coming through one unbelievable tube after another. 1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer:
(Canada, US, colloquial) A television. Compare cathode ray tube and picture tube.
- I sit around and watch the tube, but nothing's on. I change the channels for an hour or two. 1994, Billie Joe Armstrong, “Longview”, in Dookie, performed by Green Day:
- Right now, there is a whole, an entire generation that never knew anything that didn't come out of this tube. This tube is the gospel, the ultimate revelation; this tube can make or break presidents, popes, prime ministers; this tube is the most awesome goddamn propaganda force in the whole godless world, […] 1976, Paddy Chayefsky, Network, spoken by Howard Beale (Peter Finch):
(Scotland, slang) An idiot.
- 'Don't be a bloody tube, Jack,' she told me. (I always loved it when she used Scottish terms of abuse in that English accent of hers.) 2007, Christopher Brookmyre, Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks, →ISBN, page 231:
- I'm a tube? Who got done for speeding? Who got lifted for bloody assault? 2010, Karen Campbell, The Twilight Time, →ISBN:
(abbreviation, alt-of) Short for speaking tube.
alt of speaking tube
- A hundred yards before they reached the house he had given an order to his chauffeur to drop into the lowest speed and they were leisurely drawing past when a discovery by Mr Carlyle modified their plans. […] Carrados picked up the tube again. A couple of sentences passed and the car stopped by the roadside, a score of paces past the limit of the garden. 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
tubes	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (131)

uk ту́ба (cylindrical container) · th หลอด (cylindrical container) · de Röhre (a pipe) · ja 管 (a pipe) · pl tubka (cylindrical container) · pt latinha (a tin can) · tr tüp (a pipe) · cs trubka (a pipe) · ko 튜브 (cylindrical container) · ca tub (cylindrical container) · gl tubo (cylindrical container) · ru труба́ (a pipe) · pl rura (a pipe) · ja チューブ (cylindrical container) · is rör (a pipe) · ko 튜브 (a pipe) · sq tub (a pipe) · sw neli (a pipe) · th ท่อ (a pipe) · fi tuubi (cylindrical container) · ar أُنْبُوب (a pipe) · pl tuba (cylindrical container) · cmn 管 (a pipe) · kk құбыр (a pipe) · vi ống (a pipe) · kk түтік (cylindrical container) · id kaleng (a tin can) · sl cev (a pipe) · te నాళిక (cylindrical container) · it tubo (a pipe) · km បំពង់ (a pipe) · te అండవాహిక (a pipe) · qu anku (a pipe) · pt bisnaga (cylindrical container) · bg ту́ба (cylindrical container) · ja 筒 (a pipe) · cs tuba (cylindrical container) · pl puszka (a tin can) · ja パイプ (a pipe) · nl buis (a pipe) · es tubo (cylindrical container) · sk rura (a pipe) · grc σωλήν (a pipe) · fi putki (a pipe) · sk trubica (a pipe) · pt lata (a tin can) · hy խողովակ (a pipe) · id tabung (a pipe) · haw ʻohe (cylindrical container) · vi lon (cylindrical container) · ka მილი (a pipe) · sh це̑в (a pipe) · gsw Schluuch (a pipe) · gl tubo (a pipe) · sw mrija (a pipe) · sv rör (a pipe) · vi lon thiếc (a tin can) · ja チューブ (a pipe) · hu tubus (cylindrical container) · cmn 筒 (cylindrical container) · ota لوله (a pipe) · vi ống (cylindrical container) · ru ба́нка (a tin can) · uk труба́ (a pipe) · uk тю́бик (cylindrical container) · id tabung (cylindrical container) · sh ције̑в (a pipe) · sv tub (a pipe) · pt tubo (a pipe) · ca tub (a pipe) · fi putki (cylindrical container) · sw mrija (a tin can) · rif ajeɛbub (a pipe) · ota ناو (a pipe) · mi pū (a pipe) · vi lọ (cylindrical container) · cs roura (a pipe) · be труба́ (a pipe) · la tubus (a pipe) · fi tölkki (a tin can) · de Rohr (a pipe) · hu doboz (sör) (a tin can) · th กระบอก (a pipe) · mn хоолой (a pipe) · ru тю́бик (cylindrical container) · fr tuyau (a pipe) · sw tyubu (cylindrical container) · ar أُنْبُوبَة (cylindrical container) · es canuto (a pipe) · it lattina (a tin can) · be цю́бік (cylindrical container) · ar مَاسُورَة (a pipe) · hy տյուբիկ (cylindrical container) · pdt Schlauch (a pipe) · es tubo (a pipe) · el σωλήνας (a pipe) · hy խողովակապատյանը (cylindrical container) · gl lata (a tin can) · cmn 筒 (a pipe) · ast tubu (a pipe) · bg тръба́ (a pipe) · lo ກະບອກ (a pipe) · mi ngongo (a pipe) · de Tube (cylindrical container) · ko 관 (a pipe) · pt tubo (cylindrical container) · te గొట్టము (a pipe) · eu tutu (a pipe) · eo tubo (a pipe) · fi putkilo (cylindrical container) · fr tube (cylindrical container) · tg қубур (a pipe) · he שְׁפוֹפֶרֶת (cylindrical container) · tpi mambu (a pipe) · hy փող (a pipe) · tg лула (a pipe) · nl tube (cylindrical container) · zu ithumbu (a pipe) · ru тру́бка (a pipe) · sh cijȇv (a pipe) · ro tub (a pipe) · it tubetto (cylindrical container) · fa-ira تْیوب (cylindrical container) · fr canette (de bière) (a tin can) · it tubo (cylindrical container) · hu cső (a pipe) · haw ʻohe (a pipe) · es chisguete (cylindrical container) · fa-ira لولِه (a pipe) · sh cȇv (a pipe) · km ទុយយោ (a pipe)

tube en · VERB

Pronunciation

tyōōb no yod-coalescence
/tjuːb/ no yod-coalescence
(UK) audio
/tuːb/ yod-dropping
/tʃuːb/ yod-coalescence
(UK) audio
tōōb yod-dropping
(Australia) audio
chōōb yod-coalescence

Etymology

Meanings

(transitive) To supply with, or enclose in, a tube.
- She tubes lipstick in the cosmetics factory.
(transitive) To ride an inner tube.
- They tubed down the Colorado River.
(colloquial, transitive) To intubate.
- The patient was tubed.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Source
tubed	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
tubed	Tense=Past	lexicographic
tubing	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
tubes	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	lexicographic

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