"tubular" meaning in English

See tubular in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈtjuːbjʊlə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈt͡ʃuː-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /-bjə-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈt(j)ubjələɹ/ [General-American], /-bju-/ [General-American], /ˈtjʉːbjʊlə(ɹ)/ [General-Australian], /ˈtjʉːbjələ(ɹ)/ [General-Australian] Audio: En-au-tubular.ogg Forms: more tubular [comparative], most tubular [superlative]
enPR: tyo͞obyo͝olər, tyo͞obyələr Etymology: From Latin tubulus + -ar. By surface analysis, tubule + -ar. The sense meaning "cool" or "awesome" is believed to be a figurative extension originating in surfing lingo, from the way that an excellent wave encloses a surfer within tubular walls of water. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|la:tubulus|ar}} Latin tubulus + -ar, {{surf|en|tubule|-ar}} By surface analysis, tubule + -ar Head templates: {{en-adj}} tubular (comparative more tubular, superlative most tubular)
  1. Shaped like a tube. Translations (of or pertaining to a tube): тръбен (trǎben) (Bulgarian), tubular [feminine, masculine] (Galician), тру́бный (trúbnyj) (Russian), tubular (Spanish) Translations (shaped like a tube): цилиндричен (cilindričen) (Bulgarian), тръбообразен (trǎboobrazen) (Bulgarian), tubular (Catalan), putkimainen (Finnish), putki- (Finnish), tubular (Galician), schlauchförmig (German), rohrförmig (German), αυλωτός (avlotós) (Greek), csöves (Hungarian), feadánach (Irish), тру́бчатый (trúbčatyj) (Russian), трубообра́зный (truboobráznyj) (Russian), tubular (Spanish), rörformig (Swedish), tiwbaidd (Welsh), pibellaidd (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-tubular-en-adj-LronsmW3 Disambiguation of 'of or pertaining to a tube': 90 10 0 Disambiguation of 'shaped like a tube': 98 2 0
  2. Relating to, or composed of, tubes or tubules. Translations (consisting of tubes): tubular [feminine, masculine] (Galician), тру́бчатый (trúbčatyj) (Russian), tubular (Spanish), tiwbaidd (Welsh), pibellaidd (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-tubular-en-adj-PTVqC4LH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 47 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 46 50 Disambiguation of 'consisting of tubes': 25 64 11
  3. (US, slang, dated) Cool, awesome. Tags: US, dated, slang
    Sense id: en-tubular-en-adj-netRba~y Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English terms suffixed with -ar, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 47 49 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 4 22 73 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ar: 5 23 72 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 40 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 4 36 60 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 46 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 5 24 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 5 22 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 5 24 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 5 24 70 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 31 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 7 31 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 5 22 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 4 18 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 31 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 5 33 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 5 23 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 7 31 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cannular, tubiform, tuboid, tuboidal Related terms: tubularity, tubularly, cylindrical, tubular assault, tubular boiler, tubular breathing, tubular bridge, tubular girder

Alternative forms

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      "word": "semitubular"
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    {
      "word": "sinotubular"
    },
    {
      "word": "subtubular"
    },
    {
      "word": "transtubular"
    },
    {
      "word": "tubular bells"
    },
    {
      "word": "tubularize"
    },
    {
      "word": "tubular sponge hydroid"
    },
    {
      "word": "unitubular"
    },
    {
      "word": "vesiculotubular"
    },
    {
      "word": "YouTubular"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la:tubulus",
        "3": "ar"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin tubulus + -ar",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "tubule",
        "3": "-ar"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, tubule + -ar",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin tubulus + -ar. By surface analysis, tubule + -ar. The sense meaning \"cool\" or \"awesome\" is believed to be a figurative extension originating in surfing lingo, from the way that an excellent wave encloses a surfer within tubular walls of water.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more tubular",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most tubular",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tubular (comparative more tubular, superlative most tubular)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "tu‧bul‧ar"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "tubularity"
    },
    {
      "word": "tubularly"
    },
    {
      "word": "cylindrical"
    },
    {
      "word": "tubular assault"
    },
    {
      "word": "tubular boiler"
    },
    {
      "word": "tubular breathing"
    },
    {
      "word": "tubular bridge"
    },
    {
      "word": "tubular girder"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "tubular bell",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1950 March, H. A. Vallance, “On Foot Across the Forth Bridge”, in Railway Magazine, page 150:",
          "text": "As we descended the long wooden stairway that leads from the central tower to the Island of Inchgarvie, the straight and simple outlines of the internal viaduct stood out in sharp contrast to the long sweep of the massive tubular arms of the cantilevers, and the complicated network of the lattice cross girders.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Shaped like a tube."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tube",
          "tube"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Relating to, or composed of, tubes or tubules."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tubule",
          "tubule"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English dated terms",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2007, Brian Laesch, The Verge of Psychosis: An Aspiring Actor's Journal:",
          "text": "It was such a tubular party, Journal! But a few minutes later, I walked up to the Hermosa Beach Pier and left the girls with my things, thinking the totally bitchin' party would continue. But when I got back, they were all gone.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Cool, awesome."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Cool",
          "cool"
        ],
        [
          "awesome",
          "awesome"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, slang, dated) Cool, awesome."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "dated",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "tyo͞obyo͝olər"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "tyo͞obyələr"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtjuːbjʊlə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃuː-/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-bjə-/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt(j)ubjələɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-bju-/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtjʉːbjʊlə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "General-Australian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtjʉːbjələ(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "General-Australian"
      ]
    },
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cannular"
    },
    {
      "word": "tubiform"
    },
    {
      "word": "tuboid"
    },
    {
      "word": "tuboidal"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "cilindričen",
      "sense": "shaped like a tube",
      "word": "цилиндричен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "trǎboobrazen",
      "sense": "shaped like a tube",
      "word": "тръбообразен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "shaped like a tube",
      "word": "tubular"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "shaped like a tube",
      "word": "putkimainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "shaped like a tube",
      "word": "putki-"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "shaped like a tube",
      "word": "tubular"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "shaped like a tube",
      "word": "schlauchförmig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "shaped like a tube",
      "word": "rohrförmig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "avlotós",
      "sense": "shaped like a tube",
      "word": "αυλωτός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "shaped like a tube",
      "word": "csöves"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "shaped like a tube",
      "word": "feadánach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trúbčatyj",
      "sense": "shaped like a tube",
      "word": "тру́бчатый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "truboobráznyj",
      "sense": "shaped like a tube",
      "word": "трубообра́зный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "shaped like a tube",
      "word": "tubular"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "shaped like a tube",
      "word": "rörformig"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "shaped like a tube",
      "word": "tiwbaidd"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "shaped like a tube",
      "word": "pibellaidd"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "trǎben",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a tube",
      "word": "тръбен"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a tube",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tubular"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trúbnyj",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a tube",
      "word": "тру́бный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a tube",
      "word": "tubular"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "consisting of tubes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tubular"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trúbčatyj",
      "sense": "consisting of tubes",
      "word": "тру́бчатый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "consisting of tubes",
      "word": "tubular"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "consisting of tubes",
      "word": "tiwbaidd"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "consisting of tubes",
      "word": "pibellaidd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tubular"
}

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