Meaning & use
Tubed
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Fitted with, enclosed in, or shaped like a tube.
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The patient was tubed and monitored closely after surgery.
He got completely tubed on that last wave of the day.
A note on using this word
In surfing slang, 'tubed' describes riding inside the hollow, curling barrel of a breaking wave.
Words with a similar meaning
piped
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Another way to use it
2. adjective
Informal, surfing slang: having ridden inside the hollow curl of a breaking wave.
She got tubed twice before the tide changed.
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