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bowser.

A fuel metering/delivery pump at a filling station.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A fuel metering/delivery pump at a filling station.

    Australia · New-Zealand
  2. A road vehicle (often a trailer) for the transport of liquid fuel, particularly aviation fuel at an airfield.

  3. A mobile water tank deployed to distribute fresh water in emergency situations where the normal system of piped distribution has broken down or is insufficient.

    UK
  4. A buffoon or imbecile.

    Ireland · slang
Where this word comes from

* (liquids): From Bowser (“a surname”), named after Sylvanus Bowser, US inventor of the first fuel pump; also a trade name of SF Bowser inc., the inventor's company. * (Irish)

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