tumbleweed

IPA: tˈʌmbʌɫwid

Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots once dry, forming a light, rolling mass which is driven by the wind from place to place; as Russian thistle, wild indigo, witch grass, Amaranthus albus, etc.
(attributive) Describing unwanted silence and inactivity. Often used of a situation when one makes a statement that is ignored or ill-received by one's audience, as the resultant silence is likened to that of a desolate desert with rolling tumbleweeds.
A tan colour, like that of a tumbleweed.

Examples of "tumbleweed" in Sentences

Hebard was a tumbleweed of activity.
In autumn, the plant forms a tumbleweed.
Tumbleweed refers to an awkward silence.
It is a tumbleweed and resurrection plant.
No, the tumbleweed was a separate incident.
It is a tumbleweed and a resurrection plant.
Common names include tumbleweed and pigweed.
User want to enter tumbleweed and go to tumbleweed.
They just pass by the village with their tumbleweed.
Joe Friday would think that 'tumbleweed' is a synonym for Mary
"I want to do something about indiscipline... cue: tumbleweed"
The latter reminds me of the NASA "tumbleweed" rover for exploring mars:
The alien Russian-thistle, also know as tumbleweed, is sometimes abundant.
Washington: Well, I definitely know what a tumbleweed is now and I know what a windstorm is.
'tumbleweed' bags with all natural black hair gathered at ghetto salons, to hawk to wig makers.
Yeah, downtown can get kind of tumbleweed-ish after dark sometimes but it’s not the post-apocalyptic Night of the Living Dead that a lot of “meh”ers make it out to be.
The idea was to instill pride: the Soviets were first in space, that kingdom of heaven, first to explore Alaska, the first in tumbleweed, that is, Russian thistle, et cetera, et cetera.
Because there’s a kind of tumbleweed feel to my Friends List these days, as people migrate to Twitter (and “ship” their inconsequential tweets back to the old haunt as if to place a big “Nothing to see here folks!” sign over both locations) or Facebook.