water-cooler
11water-cooler talk — office news, gossip I believe water cooler talk unless it s about me …
12water cooler — 1. a container for holding drinking water that is cooled and drawn off by a faucet or spigot. 2. a drinking fountain in which water is cooled by mechanical refrigeration. [1840 50, Amer.] * * * …
13water cooler — wa′ter cool er n. 1) a container for holding drinking water that is drawn off by a faucet or spigot 2) a drinking fountain in which water is cooled by mechanical refrigeration • Etymology: 1840–50, amer …
14water cooler — noun a dispenser of cooled drinking water, used in offices and other places of work …
15ˈwater ˌcooler — noun [C] a machine that makes cool water available for people to drink, especially in an office or other place where people work …
16water cooler — /ˈwɔtə kulə/ (say wawtuh koohluh) noun a vessel for holding drinking water which is cooled and drawn off for use by a tap …
17water cooler — noun a device for cooling and dispensing drinking water • Hypernyms: ↑device …
18water-cooler topic — /ˈwɔtə kulə tɒpɪk/ (say wawtuh koohluh topik) noun US a topic of general interest and concern. {from the notion that discussion of such a topic occurs as people in an office gather for a drink of water} …
19water fountain — water .fountain n 1.) a ↑drinking fountain 2.) a ↑water cooler …
20Phantom-of-the-water-cooler — A terminated employee who insists on sneaking back into a workplace and visiting with ex employees. My boss had a strict policy on preventing Phantoms of the water coolers at my worksite …
