Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A device for cooling and dispensing drinking water.
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- noun A
dispenser ofcooled drinking water. - noun figuratively A place in the workplace where employees
gossip . - adjective of the nature of things discussed around a water-cooler
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- noun a device for cooling and dispensing drinking water
Etymologies
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water + cooler. In sense of gossip, compare scuttlebutt, of similar origin.
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