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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Buck Hill may be known for tubing, but Minnesotans will soon be racing down the Burnsville slopes on an unusual form of transportation — a queen mattress.
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Audrey Kennedy, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025
But the state’s freshwater options are staggering, with more than 7,500 lakes, 12,000 miles of rivers and canals, and over 1,000 freshwater springs for swimming, kayaking, and tubing in gin-clear waters.
—Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 21 Feb. 2025
If skiing isn’t your thing, the resort is still a haven for winter activity: ice skate across Brewer’s Pond, located in the heart of the village, go tubing at Tube Town, or fat bike or snowshoe on a variety of trails and loops that skirt the edge of the ski hill.
—Jennifer Malloy, Travel + Leisure, 17 Feb. 2025
Visitors will find a range of activities, including both small and large musical events, fishing (bring your license), hiking, horseback riding, trail rides and, in the summer, tubing and kayaking down the clear, spring-fed Hurricane Creek, which is stocked with trout.
—Colleen Creamer, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
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Audrey Kennedy, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025
But the state’s freshwater options are staggering, with more than 7,500 lakes, 12,000 miles of rivers and canals, and over 1,000 freshwater springs for swimming, kayaking, and tubing in gin-clear waters.
—Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 21 Feb. 2025
If skiing isn’t your thing, the resort is still a haven for winter activity: ice skate across Brewer’s Pond, located in the heart of the village, go tubing at Tube Town, or fat bike or snowshoe on a variety of trails and loops that skirt the edge of the ski hill.
—Jennifer Malloy, Travel + Leisure, 17 Feb. 2025
Visitors will find a range of activities, including both small and large musical events, fishing (bring your license), hiking, horseback riding, trail rides and, in the summer, tubing and kayaking down the clear, spring-fed Hurricane Creek, which is stocked with trout.
—Colleen Creamer, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
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“Tubing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tubing. Accessed 26 Mar. 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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