Bubbler
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Something that emits bubbles.
"In proof of this I can assert my success in extinguishing a youthful bubbler near Reykholt church."
- 2 any of various devices in which air or some other gas is bubbled through a liquid wordnet
- 3 An airstone for an aquarium.
- 4 a public fountain to provide a jet of drinking water wordnet
- 5 A drinking fountain. Australia
"There are many types of fountain from which persons may drink by taking the nozzle of the bubbler into the mouth, and this practice is common; furthermore, there are many types in the use of which water from the lips of the consumer falls back onto the bubbler at the point of outlet."
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- 6 A device used for smoking marijuana, similar to a cannabis pipe but with a section that holds water, like a bong
- 7 One who cheats. obsolete
"...above all the Jews, jobbers, bubblers, ſubſcribers, projectors, directors, governors, treaſurers, &c."
- 8 A freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens), of central North America. US
Example
More examples"In proof of this I can assert my success in extinguishing a youthful bubbler near Reykholt church."
Etymology
From bubble + -er.
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