bowser
bowser · bowsers
бензоколонка
Zapfsäule, Tanksäule
A fuel metering/delivery pump at a filling stationA fuel metering/delivery pump at a filling station.
US/bˈoʊzɚ/
Meaning
4 senses(Australia, New Zealand)A fuel metering/delivery pump at a filling station.
Zapfsäule, Tanksäule
бензоколо́нкаbenzokolónka
A road vehicle (often a trailer) for the transport of liquid fuel, particularly aviation fuel at an airfield.
(UK)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.
(Ireland, slang)A buffoon or imbecile.
Translations
6 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
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Deutsch
By meaning 1
fuel pump:
Origin
* (liquids): From Bowser (“a surname”), named after Sylvanus Bowser, US inventor of the fi* (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.
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