bubbler

== English == === Etymology === From bubble +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [bʌb.lə] === Noun === bubbler (plural bubblers) Something that emits bubbles. An airstone for an aquarium. (Wisconsin, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Australia) A drinking fountain. 1939 June, Ella Gardner, Short-Time Camps: A Manual for 4-H Leaders, United States Department of Agriculture, Miscellaneous Publication No. 346, page 11, Plans for an inexpensive bubbler or drinking fountain that have been worked out by the 4-H Club department in Massachusetts are shown in figure 4. 1962 February, Repairs and Utilities: Refrigeration, Air Conditioning, Mechanical Ventilation, and Evaporative Cooling, United States Department of the Army, Technical Manual TM 5-670, page 82, Small self-contained water coolers have a limited capacity of cooled water. They are equipped with one bubbler or drinking fountain and have a capacity of about 5 gallons of cooled water per hour or less. (cannabis subculture) A device used for smoking marijuana, similar to a cannabis pipe but with a section that holds water, like a bong (obsolete) One who cheats. (US) A freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens), of central North America. ==== Usage notes ==== In Portland, Oregon, used primarily in the phrase “Benson Bubbler”. ==== Synonyms ==== (drinking fountain): drinking fountain, water fountain (device for smoking marijuana): bubbler bong ==== Derived terms ==== (something that emits bubbles): gas bubbler ==== Translations ==== === References === Map of “bubbler, drinking fountain, water fountain” usage in the United States, Harvard Dialect Survey, Bert Vaux The Meaning of the Bubbler Use of bubbler as a synonym for drinking fountain, LINGUIST List 5.1377, Fri 02 Dec 1994 Wisconsin Englishes: Words === Anagrams === blubber