tubular

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.

• enPR: tyo͞obyo͝olər, enPR: tyo͞obyələr
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtjuːbjʊlə(ɹ)/, /ˈtjuːbjələ(ɹ)/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈtjʉːbjʊlə(ɹ)/, /ˈtjʉːbjələ(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈt(j)ubjulɚ/, /ˈt(j)ubjəlɚ/

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tubular (comparative more tubular, superlative most tubular)

1. Shaped like a tube.

   tubular bell

2. Relating to, or composed of tubes or tubules
3. (slang, dated) Cool, awesome.
   • 2007, Brian Laesch, The Verge of Psychosis: An Aspiring Actor's Journal:

     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.

• cannular
• tubiform
• tuboid
• tuboidal

• tubularity
• tubularly

• cylindrical
• tubular assault
• tubular boiler
• tubular breathing
• tubular bridge
• tubular girder

tubular (masculine and feminine plural tubulars)

1. tubular (shaped like a tube)

• tub

• “tubular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tubular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “tubular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tubular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

tubular m or f (plural tubulares)

1. tubular (shaped like a tube)

• tubo

tubular (not comparable)

1. tubular, tube-shaped

• Hyphenation: tu‧bu‧lar

tubular m or f (plural tubulares)

1. tubular (shaped like a tube)

• tubo

From French tubulaire.

tubular m or n (feminine singular tubulară, masculine plural tubulari, feminine and neuter plural tubulare)

1. tubular

• IPA^(key): /tubuˈlaɾ/ [t̪u.β̞uˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tu‧bu‧lar

tubular (plural tubulares)

1. tubular (shaped like a tube)

• “tubular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014