ALL meanings of down the tube
down the tube
D d - noun down the tube a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases. 1
- noun down the tube a small, collapsible, cylinder of metal or plastic sealed at one end and having a capped opening at the other from which paint, toothpaste, or some other semifluid substance may be squeezed. 1
- noun down the tube Anatomy, Zoology. any hollow, cylindrical vessel or organ: the bronchial tubes. 1
- noun down the tube Botany. any hollow, elongated body or part. the united lower portion of a gamopetalous corolla or a gamosepalous calyx. 1
- noun down the tube inner tube. 1
- noun down the tube Electronics. electron tube. 1
- noun down the tube Informal. television. a television set. 1
- noun down the tube mailing tube. 1
- noun down the tube the tubular tunnel in which an underground railroad runs. 1
- noun down the tube the railroad itself. 1
- noun down the tube Surfing Slang. the curled hollow formed on the underside of a cresting wave. 1
- noun down the tube British. subway (def 1). 1
- noun down the tube Australian Slang. a can of beer. 1
- noun down the tube Older Slang. a telescope. 1
- verb with object down the tube to furnish with a tube or tubes. 1
- verb with object down the tube to convey or enclose in a tube. 1
- verb with object down the tube to form into the shape of a tube; make tubular. 1
- idioms down the tube down the tube / tubes, Informal. into a ruined, wasted, or abandoned state or condition. 1
- noun down the tube in or into a condition of failure, defeat, etc. 0
- adverb down the tube Alternative form of down the tubes. 0