Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tubie

/ˈtu.bi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tubie
IPA: /ˈtu.bi/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who uses a feeding tube.

Informal

Example Sentences

"So many parents of "tubies," as they're affectionately known, have beaten themselves up for years trying to get their children to eat. In our case, we tried occupational therapy, feeding therapy, feeding groups with peers, speech therapy to strengthen his oral cavity, and prescription appetite stimulants to increase his desire to eat."
"Feeding tubes can be used to increase a person's quality of life and many tubie's lead fulfilling and enjoyable lives. We have a reason to need a feeding tube but that doesn't mean we allow it to totally dictate and control our lives, there is no need to pity us."

Etymology

From tube + -ie.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈtu.bi/
British English: /ˈtuː.bi/

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

tubies (plural)

Rhymes With

ruby 2b newbie booby doobie looby juby cubie scrooby shoobie zoobie

Questions

How do you pronounce tubie?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtu.bi/.
What does tubie mean?: A person who uses a feeding tube.
Where does tubie come from?: From tube + -ie.

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