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water cooler en · ADJ

Etymology

For the gossip sense, compare scuttlebutt, of similar origin.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of the nature of things discussed around a water cooler.
   • water-cooler gossip, water-cooler talk, water-cooler conversation, water-cooler discussion
   • In those days The Late Show was Monday water cooler topic du jour.

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Relateds

cracker-barrel · barroom

water cooler en · NOUN

Etymology

For the gossip sense, compare scuttlebutt, of similar origin.

Meanings

1. A dispenser of cooled drinking water.
2. (figuratively) A location in the workplace where employees gather to chat or gossip.
3. A type of cooling device that uses water as the heat transfer medium.

Forms

Deriveds

water cooler effect · water cooler chat · water cooler talk

Synonyms

water dispenser

Translations (13)

ar بَرَّاد (dispenser of cooled drinking water) · ja 冷水機 (dispenser of cooled drinking water) · th ตู้กดน้ำ (dispenser of cooled drinking water) · pdt Wotakjeela (dispenser of cooled drinking water) · cmn 飲水機 /饮水机 (dispenser of cooled drinking water) · cmn 閒聊處 /闲聊处 (location in the workplace) · ja ウォーターサーバー (dispenser of cooled drinking water) · fi vesiautomaatti (dispenser of cooled drinking water) · fi vesiautomaatti (location in the workplace) · pt bebedouro (refrigerado) (dispenser of cooled drinking water) · afb برادة (dispenser of cooled drinking water) · ko 생수기 (dispenser of cooled drinking water) · acw بَرَّادة (dispenser of cooled drinking water)