tube

[ US /ˈtjub, ˈtub/ ]
[ UK /tjˈuːb/ ]

NOUN

conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)
in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'
(anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure
a hollow cylindrical shape
electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope

VERB

ride or float on an inflated tube
We tubed down the river on a hot summer day
provide with a tube or insert a tube into
convey in a tube
inside Paris, they used to tube mail
place or enclose in a tube

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When we see her, we remember that hot July day doing five knots pulling Jess and Jerry on a tube and Russ skippering his first yacht.
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I'm sure she's flouting loads of official and unofficial tube etiquette in one fell swoop here.
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If only the local toerags sitting opposite knew what thrills these cardboard tubes contained.
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