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单词 bubbler
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bubblern.

Brit. /ˈbʌbl̩ə/, /ˈbʌblə/, U.S. /ˈbəb(ə)lər/, Australian English /ˈbʌblə/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bubble v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < bubble v. + -er suffix1.In sense 2b with reference to the grunting noise made by the male fishes.
1. A person who sets up a bubble company; a swindler, a cheat. Now historical and rare.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun]
feature14..
frauderc1475
prowler1519
lurcher1528
defrauder1552
frauditor1553
taker-upc1555
verserc1555
fogger1564
Jack-in-the-box1570
gilenyer1590
foist1591
rutter1591
crossbiter1592
sharker1594
shark1600
bat-fowler1602
cheater1606
foister1610
operator1611
fraudsman1613
projector1615
smoke-sellera1618
decoy1618
firkera1626
scandaroon1631
snapa1640
cunning shaver1652
knight of industrya1658
chouse1658
cheat1664
sharper1681
jockey1683
rooker1683
fool-finder1685
rookster1697
sheep-shearer1699
bubbler1720
gyp1728
bite1742
swindler1770
pigeon1780
mace1781
gouger1790
needle1790
fly-by-night1796
sharp1797
skinner1797
diddler1803
mace cove1811
mace-gloak1819
macer1819
flat-catcher1821
moonlight wanderer1823
burner1838
Peter Funk1840
Funk1842
pigeoner1849
maceman1850
bester1856
fiddler1857
highway robber1874
bunco-steerer1875
swizzler1876
forty1879
flim-flammer1881
chouser1883
take-down1888
highbinder1890
fraud1895
Sam Slick1897
grafter1899
come-on1905
verneuker1905
gypster1917
chiseller1918
tweedler1925
rorter1926
gazumper1932
chizzer1935
sharpie1942
sharpster1942
slick1959
slickster1965
rip-off artist1968
shonky1970
rip-off merchant1971
1720 A. Pope Corr. 20 July (1956) II. 50 All the Jews, Jobbers, Bubblers, Subscribers,..[etc.].
?1778 Conquerors 9 Bubblers and bubbled meanly Take their stand.
1891 Sat. Rev. 10 Jan. 32/1 The immortal bubbler, in South-Sea times, who invented them for ‘a project to be disclosed shortly.’
1980 E. Jong Fanny iii. xv. 470 He fell in with Bubblers an' Stock Jobbers..to pay his Debts.
2.
a. A fish which emits air bubbles, esp. when feeding. rare.
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1808 T. Williamson Compl. Angler's Vade-mecum 140 When fishes bubble in this way, it is during the time of digesting when they have been eating. I have..invariably remarked, that the bubblers appeared quite indifferent to any bait.
1972 D. L. Steuart in K. Mansfield Coarse Fishing 105 (heading) Bubblers. Sometimes a feeding carp will betray his presence by causing a patch of very small bubbles, or a trail of small bubbles to appear on the surface of the water.
b. U.S. Any of various drum fishes, esp. the freshwater drum, Aplodinotus grunniens.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Sciaenidae (drums) > [noun] > member of genus Haplodinotus
drummer1615
drum1649
sheep's head1676
bubbler1819
thunder-pumper1877
1819 Western Rev. 1 308 The most delicate fishes are the Salmon-perch, the Bubbler, the Buffaloe-fish, the Sturgeons, the Catfishes, &c.
1877 J. B. Holder Hist. Amer. Fauna in J. Richardson et al. Museum Nat. Hist. III. p. cclvii/2 The genus Haploidonotus, collectively called Bubblers, has three species.
1903 J. A. Henshall Bass, Pike, Perch & Others ix. 233 The fresh-water drumfish (Amplodinotus grunniens). This well-known fish of the Middle West is also known as..bubbler, croaker, thunder-pumper, and other names in various sections of the country.
1990 R. Buffler & T. J. Dickson Fishing for Buffalo iv. 55/1 The sound comes from a male drum rubbing a unique set of tendons and muscles across its swim bladder... Many of the drum's nicknames such as thunder pumper, croaker, grunder, and bubbler refer to this sound.
3. A device used for passing a stream of bubbles into or through a liquid.
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1897 Proc. Royal Soc. 62 204 On leaving the flask the gas was passed through a bubbler containing potash solution.
1936 S. Glasstone Recent Adv. Gen. Chem. iv. 145 In order to avoid the risk of explosion as a result of the flame striking back, if the supply of gas should diminish, mercury bubblers, bulbs filled with fine sand, and capillary tubes are placed between the electrolytic cell and the point at which the gas is burned.
1986 New Scientist 17 July 20/1 A vital piece of machinery, known as a ‘bubbler’, which can bubble 10 tonnes of pure oxygen a day into rivers to avert such crises.
2004 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 28 Dec. a12/4 Although bubblers are used to keep the water from freezing, boaters report that their use is somewhat sporadic.
4. Originally Australian. A drinking fountain which spouts bubbling water. More fully bubbler fountain.Not used in British English.
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1913 World's News (Sydney) 8 June 11/3 One fountain manufacturer has designed a bubbler which may be raised to the lips while the user is in a standing position.
1926 Sanitary & Heating Engin. July 582 Every Test, Century Bubblers are Sanitary and Attractive.
1930 Cumberland Argus & Fruitgrowers' Advocate (Parramatta, New S. Wales) 15 Feb. 3/2 New bubbler. Liverpool Council last week decided to place a bubbler fountain in front of P. Wych's shop at Moorebank.
1983 Canberra Times 4 Mar. 1/4 Children were unable to drink from the school bubbler.
2006 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 3 Sept. viii. 4/5 There's a faucet on either side... A third side has a drinking fountain—a ‘bubbler’, as we say.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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