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

Kids love playing in the Children’s Fountain, tubing through town down Gore Creek (tube rentals are available in town), or biking on the Gore Valley Trail. —Emily Lapointe, Outside Online, 27 May 2025

Take the family out on Nisswa Lake for tubing and swimming to cool off on those summer days. —Explore Minnesota, AFAR Media, 30 Apr. 2025

Other shots nod to his swimming career in Dsquared2 briefs, and to his Ivy League degree with a runway-ready lab suit with a beaker while tangled in medical tubing. —Danielle Directo-Meston, HollywoodReporter, 25 Apr. 2025

To regulate temperature, most pump water through tubing surrounding the IT equipment and use air conditioning systems to keep those structures cool. —Paige Gross, Baltimore Sun, 14 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)