Australian slang for a drinking fountain — the kind you lean over and press a button to get a stream of water.
Australian slang for a drinking fountain — the kind you lean over and press a button to get a stream of water. Found in schools, parks, and public spaces across Australia, the bubble tap is a beloved fixture of Aussie childhood. The name comes from the little bubble of water that arcs up when the tap is activated. Totally ordinary to any Australian, but a charming regional quirk to everyone else in the world.
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(Wisconsin, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Australia) A drinking fountain.
(UK, Upper Midwestern US, Western US, Philippines) A device in a public place that provides water to drink.
British slang, often used with dry humor, for tap water — the stuff that comes free from the council (local government) pipes. The joke is in the contrast: 'pop' (British for fizzy drink or any beverage) elevated to something worth naming, when really it's just what comes out of the tap. Ordering 'council pop' at a pub or restaurant is a classically British way of asking for water without seeming pretentious about it, while also gently mocking the affectation of paying for bottled water.
Something that emits bubbles.
It was scorching hot after footy training, so all the kids sprinted to the bubble tap on the oval for a drink.
(AU) drinking fountain.