单词 | bubbler |
释义 | bubblern. 1. A person who sets up a bubble company; a swindler, a cheat. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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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