tube

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French tube, from Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”), related to tuba (“long trumpet; war-trumpet”), of obscure ultimate origin, but possibly connected to tībia (“shinbone, reed-pipe”); see there. Doublet of tubus. === Pronunciation === (General American) (yod-dropping) enPR: tōōb, IPA(key): /tuːb/ (Received Pronunciation) (yod-coalescence) enPR: chōōb, IPA(key): /tʃuːb/ (no yod-coalescence) enPR: tyōōb, IPA(key): /tjuːb/ Rhymes: -uːb === Noun === tube (plural tubes) Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape. An approximately cylindrical container, usually with a crimped end and a screw top, used to contain and dispense semiliquid substances. (British, colloquial, often capitalised as Tube, a trademark) The London Underground railway system, originally referred to the lower level lines that ran in tubular tunnels as opposed to the higher ones which ran in rectangular section tunnels. (Often the tube.) (obsolete) One of the tubular tunnels of the London Underground. (Australia, slang) A tin can containing beer. 2002, Andrew Swaffer, Katrina O'Brien, Darroch Donald, Footprint Australia Handbook: The Travel Guide [text repeated in Footprint West Coast Australia Handbook (2003)] Beer is also available from bottleshops (or bottle-o's) in cases (or 'slabs') of 24-36 cans (‘tinnies' or ‘tubes') or bottles (‘stubbies') of 375ml each. (surfing) A wave which pitches forward when breaking, creating a hollow space inside. (Canada, US, colloquial) A television. Compare cathode ray tube and picture tube. Synonyms: (derogatory) boob tube, (British) telly (Scotland, slang) An idiot. ==== Usage notes ==== The use for beer can was popularized in the UK by a long-running series of advertisements for Foster's lager, where Paul Hogan used a phrase "crack an ice-cold tube" previously associated with Barry Humphries' character Barry McKenzie. (For discussion of this see Paul Matthew St. Pierre's book cited above.) ==== Hyponyms ==== See also Thesaurus:tube ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === tube (third-person singular simple present tubes, present participle tubing, simple past and past participle tubed) (transitive) To supply with, or enclose in, a tube. (transitive) To ride an inner tube. (medicine, transitive, colloquial) To intubate. === See also === tube on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === bute, Bute, Tebu == Estonian == === Noun === tube partitive plural of tuba == French == === Etymology === From Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tyb/ === Noun === tube m (plural tubes) pipe tube (informal, music) a hit Chacune de ses chansons était un tube. ― Every one of his/her songs was a hit. (slang) money ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Romanian: tub → Turkish: tüp === Further reading === “tube”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === bute, buté == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtu.be/ Rhymes: -ube Hyphenation: tù‧be === Noun === tube f plural of tuba == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtʊ.bɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtuː.be] === Noun === tube vocative singular of tubus == Middle French == === Etymology === From Latin tubus. === Noun === tube m (plural tubes) conduit; canal; pipe ==== Descendants ==== French: tube→ Romanian: tub→ Turkish: tüp → English: tube === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “tube”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. == Scots == === Alternative forms === choob === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tjub/, /tʃub/ === Noun === tube (plural tubes) wanker, asshole, dickhead