Bubbler

Definitions

1. Something that emits bubbles.
2. An airstone for an aquarium.
3. A drinking fountain.
   Australia
4. A device used for smoking marijuana, similar to a cannabis pipe but with a section that holds water, like a bong
5. One who cheats.
   obsolete
6. A freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens), of central North America.
   US

Equivalents

Examples

“In proof of this I can assert my success in extinguishing a youthful bubbler near Reykholt church.”

“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.”

“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.”

“...above all the Jews, jobbers, bubblers, ſubſcribers, projectors, directors, governors, treaſurers, &c.”

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