A plastic grocery bag blowing down the street during a windy day in the city.
The urban tumbleweed marked the onset of an impending storm, leaving the onlooker to ponder which grocery store it came from.
by Jon Henshaw July 24, 2005
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A plastic grocery bag blowing around the street.
When driving into the city, I saw an urban tumbleweed blow across the road.
by Polkadude February 6, 2013
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A rolling ball of street garbage. Urban Tumbleweed contains spent 9mm casings, ripped-out hair weaves, empty pizza boxes, used condoms, malt liquor bottles, pepper spray cans and severed fingers.
After she tore out that bitch's weave it got caught up in the Urban Tumbleweed.
by ranchdippingsauce May 14, 2012
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Any plastic bag or newspaper tumbling around the city. Windblown litter.
Jerry: What the hell's that noise? Plastic?

Jack: Urban tumbleweeds dude, reminds you where you are.
by RedBaroness January 1, 2011
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A tuft of pubic hair rolling down sidewalks and streets as it is blown by the wind. Evidence of the homeless adopting manscaping, urban tumbleweeds are often home to fleas and lice.
"Watch out!", the man yelled as he held back the woman, allowing the urban tumbleweed to roll past in front of them and narrowly miss her open toed shoes. "It must be from several blocks away, it's picked up a gum wrapper and lint", she noted.
by j.e.p November 18, 2010
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filmy, plastic shopping bags flipping around, everywhere and anywhere.

what happened to the missing sock? ask the urban tumbleweeds! they've HAVE to have seen something! -they're everywhere, including hundreds of miles out at sea, masquerading as jellyfish for the lucky, hungry marine life!
john HAD to control the urban tumbleweeds! he couldn't have one 'wafting' over the baby's head!!

they found her stone dead, de-oxygenated under a mass of urban tumbleweeds!
by michael foolsley November 28, 2009
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A weave that once attempted to pass for human hair now tumbles down the dusty trails of urban environments.
"Watch out, it's pretty windy and you might get hit by an urban tumbleweed."
by dubs3450 February 11, 2012
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