tubing

noun

tub·​ing ˈtü-biŋ 

ˈtyü-

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.

Recent Examples on the Web

Saluda Location: 94 miles from Charlotte What to do: Spend a day tubing along the Green River, or go for a whitewater excursion. —Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2025

Rosita Hansen was working an evening shift at a tubing factory in 2023 when a sheriff’s deputy showed up and handed her a court summons. —Adam Friedman, ProPublica, 5 May 2025

Kids can bounce and flip on the Bungee Trampoline and there’s also zip lining, a rock climbing wall, and plastic-mat tubing runs. —Brittany Anas, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025

It is adapted to devour the rubber tubing in the engines of the F-22 Raptor. —Christian Bök, Harpers Magazine, 23 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1845, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

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)