water cooler
a container for holding drinking water that is cooled and drawn off by a faucet or spigot.
a drinking fountain in which water is cooled by mechanical refrigeration.
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How to use water cooler in a sentence
Having these regular meetups in your calendar is a way to “simulate the water cooler moments where you just kind of bump into each other and you just have a conversation that’s not related to work,” Franco says.
It fostered conversations around office water coolers, over garden fences, and in supermarket aisles, as the Bunker household became a televised petri dish in which to observe and learn about the issues upending American society.
How a Foulmouthed Bigot Named Archie Bunker Charmed—and Changed—America | Daniel S. Levy | February 9, 2021 | TimeThe in-person networking, deal inking and water cooler talk will be hard to recreate but not impossible, he said.
Marketers, agency execs expect deal making to continue at CES, despite the virtual venue | Kimeko McCoy | January 8, 2021 | DigidayThe typical water cooler moments that most have missed have been even more keenly felt by Laven.
So the discussions that used to happen over a water cooler don’t even happen over a water cooler anymore.
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If 2014 was any indication, the coming TV schedule is sure to be filled with plenty of water-cooler shows.
A bottle of locally brewed liquor chills in a water cooler in the corner, a Pepsi bottle next to it for mixing.
Obama’s Deadly Informants: The Drone Spotters of Pakistan | Umar Farooq, Syed Fakhar Kakakhel | November 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“My ideal is that this conversation happens at the water cooler,” Tambor says.
Jeffrey Tambor Is One Helluva Woman: Inside His Phenomenal Turn in ‘Transparent’ | Kevin Fallon | September 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAll likely had some uncomfortable small talk to make at the water cooler when they got back.
How Awkward Will Isaiah Washington’s Return to ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Be? | Marina Watts | March 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIf all of it was true, Stratford Oakmont must have had some of the most awkward water-cooler talks in corporate history.
The Real Wolf of Wall Street: Jordan Belfort’s Vulgar Memoirs | Jimmy So | December 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe got up, lurching to the motion of the flying train, and started forward to the water cooler behind the car door.
The Escape of Mr. Trimm | Irvin S. CobbHe went to the water cooler, filled the glass with cold water and presented it to the young lady.
Fred Fearnot's New Ranch | Hal StandishAfter a copious raid on the water-cooler, Theodora returned, feeling a little bloated, but much more composed and natural.
Atlantic Narratives | Mary AntinAt his side lay the torso of the young reporter, his head mashed by the heavy water-cooler.
The Promise | James B. HendryxIn getting a small boat see that it is a "water cooler," as an air-cooler will run a few minutes and stop, as the piston swells.
The houseboat book | William F. Waugh
British Dictionary definitions for water cooler
a device for cooling and dispensing drinking water
informal
indicating the kind of informal conversation among office staff that takes place at such a dispenser: water-cooler conversations
indicating an event, television programme, etc, sufficiently controversial or otherwise noteworthy to provide subject matter for such conversations: water-cooler television; a water-cooler moment
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