English
bubbler
Noun

bubbler (plural bubblers)

  1. Something that emits bubbles.
  2. An airstone for an aquarium.
  3. (Wisconsin, New England, Australia) A drinking fountain.
    • 1919 February, United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, Issue 250, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=qK0qAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA4-PA1&dq=%22bubbler%22+fountain+-intitle:%22bubbler%22+-inauthor:%22bubbler%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9qIOT6rPHY_2mAWjsrXXAw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22bubbler%22%20fountain%20-intitle%3A%22bubbler%22%20-inauthor%3A%22bubbler%22&f=false page 39],
      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, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=mqfNAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA11&dq=%22bubbler%22+fountain+-intitle:%22bubbler%22+-inauthor:%22bubbler%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9qIOT6rPHY_2mAWjsrXXAw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22bubbler%22%20fountain%20-intitle%3A%22bubbler%22%20-inauthor%3A%22bubbler%22&f=false 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, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=A6oXAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA82&dq=%22bubbler%22+fountain+-intitle:%22bubbler%22+-inauthor:%22bubbler%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=BLEOT_7FJ6yemQWfsbDWAw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22bubbler%22%20fountain%20-intitle%3A%22bubbler%22%20-inauthor%3A%22bubbler%22&f=false 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.
  4. (cannabis subculture) A device used for smoking marijuana, similar to a cannabis pipe but with a section that holds water, like a bong
  5. (obsolete) One who cheats.
  6. (US) A freshwater fish of central North America, the freshwater drum, Aplodinotus grunniens; so called from the noise it makes.
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