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tumbleweave

n.
A random grouping and usually tangled mass of fake hair, which is generally the result of someones weave being pulled out in a fight, that tumbles down the street similar to a tumbleweed.
Man, you see that tumbleweave rollin' down the street?

Yea, and it looks like we could use it to fix Shaqonda's hair!
by chronosis June 3, 2005
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Tumbleweeb

An anime-loving individual, namely in or from the Southwestern United States.
Person 1: Hey did you hear about that new kid? He's from Arizona and he's balls deep into Naruto.
Person 2: Hell yeah. He's a classic tumbleweeb. Dusty as fuck.
by Eternalcool January 19, 2018
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Walmart Tumbleweed

A plastic grocery bag that often "rolls" across the landscape and over cars, often becoming airborne and continuing on until they find an obstacle such as a fence, hedge or tree branch to light upon.

Another common name, Tennesee Tumbleweed, is something of a misnomer, since most are Made in China for Walmart stores, which distribute them worldwide, and are doomed to roam the earth, forever, and choke out all life.
Joe:"There goes another Walmart Tumbleweed down the road."

Laura:"Where do you think they are going?"

Joe:"To find the others and return to the mother ship."
by hoppin'joe July 5, 2011
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tumbleweave

Strictly city/urban: A ratty ball of fake hair extention (commonly referred to as "weave") that has been roaming the streets since it liberated itself from someones, ahem, "hair."

Usually it has picked up other debris in it's tangled mess, adding to it's charm.
After seeing something skittering along out of the corner of your eye:

"Shit! I thought that was a rat. Just tumbleweave."
by chanliteheart April 8, 2010
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Merthyr Tumbleweed

A plastic carrier bag, usually from Kwik Save, which can be found blowing around the valleys of South Wales on a windy day.
Dai, is that a Merthyr Tumbleweed blowing around the pub car park?
by Lingoooo October 27, 2007
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Harlem Tumbleweed

These massive balled-up clumps of highly mobile filth are a composite of accumulated human hair and artificial extensions that have been carelessly and flagrantly discarded from hair salons and like shops offering African hair braiding services where they roll (roam?) freely down city sidewalks.

Local habitat includes but is not limited to the city of New York's Harlem neighborhood (aka, Harlem, USA). Generally docile, take note that Harlem tumbleweeds can become considerably more aggressive in high winds, during which time onlookers should take special notice, as the potential threat of going airborne increases dramatically during windy weather.

Due to their physical makeup, Harlem tumbleweeds have the Velcro-like ability to continue to accumulate hair, as well as other bits of urban refuse, during the course of their life-cycle.
Dude, you won't believe this: I saw a Harlem tumbleweed fly directly into this bitch's face right as she stepped out of the Manna's on Frederick Douglass Boulevard. It had a used condom and a dirty Band-Aid stuck to it. She immediately burped up $8.84 worth of ox-tails all over the sidewalk in front of the restaurant. It was awesome.
by $crilla Hill's Finest December 12, 2010
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Tumbleweed moment

The awkward silence that follows a remarkably dumb, over-the-top comment that nobody else in the room seems to understand, find funny or agree with. (Alluding to the "cartoon moments" in which a tumbleweed passes by in the dessert and all you can hear is the wind`s sound)
Person 1: Did you see that news about the floods in South America?
Person 2: Yeah, that was really funny. Anyway I think they totally had it coming.

Everybody else: .......................... (Tumbleweed moment)
by Mariotol December 9, 2010
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