tubbing

Pluraltubbings

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle of tub. Use this form for something happening now.

   Grandma is tubbing the baby in the warm kitchen sink.

   They are tubbing the young plants before the cold weather comes.

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2. 2
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A wash you take while sitting in a tub of water.

   Like a warm soak in a big tub of water.

   Nothing beats a warm tubbing after a cold day outdoors.

   He enjoyed a good tubbing once he finished in the garden.

   Similarbath, soak, bathing

3. 3
   noununcountable

   The work of making a tub.

   Like building a bucket from curved pieces of wood.

   The cooper's tubbing took years of practice to master.

   Careful tubbing kept the wooden vessel from leaking.

4. 4
   noununcountable

   Wood or other material used to make tubs.

   Like a pile of wood saved up to make barrels.

   The yard kept its tubbing stacked under a tarp.

   They ran low on tubbing before the busy season ended.

5. 5
   noununcountable

   A watertight lining around a mineshaft that keeps out water and quicksand.

   Like a waterproof tube lining the inside of a deep hole.

   Miners installed tubbing to keep water out of the new shaft.

   Cast iron tubbing held back the flooded ground around them.

   Similarlining, casing

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6. 6
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A cruel game where someone's head is pushed and held underwater.

   The club was banned after a tubbing went too far.

   He still had nightmares about the tubbing he endured at school.

   Similarducking, dunking

7. 7
   noununcountable

   Rowing around in roughly built boats for fun.

   Like paddling a homemade boat around just for fun.

   Summer afternoons meant tubbing on the village pond.

   The kids loved tubbing in the old wooden dinghy.

   Similarboating, rowing, paddling

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