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water cooler

noun

Etymology

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

Definitions

  1. A dispenser of cooled drinking water.

  2. A location in the workplace where employees gather to chat or gossip.

  3. Of the nature of things discussed around a water cooler.

    • In those days The Late Show was Monday water cooler topic du jour.
    • water-cooler gossip, water-cooler talk, water-cooler conversation, water-cooler discussion
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A type of cooling device that uses water as the heat transfer medium.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA