bubbler

1. (Wisconsin, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Australia) A drinking fountain.Examples: "There are many types of fountain from which persons may drink by taking the nozzle of the bubbler into the mouth, and this practice is common; furthermore, there are many types in the use of which water from the lips of the consumer falls back onto the bubbler at the point of outlet."; "1939 June, Ella Gardner, Short-Time Camps: A Manual for 4-H Leaders, United States Department of Agriculture, Miscellaneous Publication No. 346, page 11, Plans for an inexpensive bubbler or drinking fountain that have been worked out by the 4-H Club department in Massachusetts are shown in figure 4."; "1962 February, Repairs and Utilities: Refrigeration, Air Conditioning, Mechanical Ventilation, and Evaporative Cooling, United States Department of the Army, Technical Manual TM 5-670, page 82, Small self-contained water coolers have a limited capacity of cooled water. They are equipped with one bubbler or drinking fountain and have a capacity of about 5 gallons of cooled water per hour or less."Synonyms: drinking fountain, water fountainAustralia

2. (cannabis subculture) A device used for smoking marijuana, similar to a cannabis pipe but with a section that holds water, like a bongSynonyms: bubbler bong

3. (obsolete) One who cheats.Examples: "...above all the Jews, jobbers, bubblers, ſubſcribers, projectors, directors, governors, treaſurers, &c."obsolete

4. (US) A freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens), of central North America.US