water cooler
noun [ C ]
WORKPLACE (also water-cooler); (watercooler) ukusa machine that supplies cool water for drinking, usually in an office or other public place:
You can add almost a quarter of a mile to your daily walking schedule simply going from desk to water cooler.
water cooler
adjective [ before noun ]
WORKPLACE (also water-cooler); (watercooler) ukusused to describe something that many people talk about at work, for example when they stop work to drink something:
water-cooler conversation/discussion/talk The company raked in $260 million in profit, and fueled countless water-cooler conversations.
The shocking interview provided one of those water cooler moments that everyone was talking about the next day.