# tubes

Pronunciation: US say "TOOBZ" /tuːbz/; UK say "TYOOBZ" /tjuːbz/

## Noun

1. Plural of tube. — plural of tube
   - Simple: Plural of tube. Use it when there is more than one tube.
   - _The plumber replaced the corroded copper tubes under the sink._
   - _Surfers paddled out at dawn, hoping to ride the tubes before the wind picked up._
3. The Internet.
   - Simple: The Internet, the huge computer network people use to go online.
   - _Within an hour the clip had spread across the tubes._
   - _My connection to the tubes keeps dropping tonight._
4. The inner workings of a person's own body. *(slang)*
   - Simple: The parts inside your body and how they are working.
   - _A bowl of fiery chili always clears out my tubes._
   - _After a week of airport food, his tubes were in a sorry state._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular present of tube. — third-person singular simple present indicative of tube
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of tube. Use it after he, she, it, or one person or thing.
   - _Each August, half the town tubes down the river on a lazy Sunday afternoon._
   - _When a patient stops breathing on his own, the ER doctor tubes him within minutes._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/tubes (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).