bubbler

[ buhb-ler ]
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noun
  1. a drinking fountain that spouts water.

  2. Chemistry. any device for bubbling gas through a liquid.

Origin of bubbler

1
First recorded in 1710–20; bubble + -er1

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How to use bubbler in a sentence

  • More sedate and somber types call the Thoracics "bubblers" or "spouters" just for this reason.

    How to Analyze People on Sight | Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict
  • Here the South Sea Bubblers met, as well as the lovers of good tea.

    Tea and Tea Drinking | Arthur Reade
  • He'd make a sacrifice of me upon the altar of respectability, just as he made a sacrifice of the South Sea bubblers.

    The Lion's Skin | Rafael Sabatini

British Dictionary definitions for bubbler

bubbler

/ (ˈbʌblə) /


noun
  1. a drinking fountain in which the water is forced in a stream from a small vertical nozzle

  2. chem any device for bubbling gas through a liquid

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