Australian and New Zealand slang for a drain or plughole — the thing water disappears down with that characteristic gurgling sound.
Australian and New Zealand slang for a drain or plughole — the thing water disappears down with that characteristic gurgling sound. Beyond its literal meaning, 'down the gurgler' is a widely understood Antipodean idiom for something that has been completely ruined, wasted, or lost. You might say a deal, a relationship, or a plan went down the gurgler when things fell apart in a total and irreversible way.
The kitchen flooded because someone had shoved a cloth right into the gurgler and blocked it completely.
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(AU, NZ) A trap (preventing the return of gases) through which household drainage can flow to reach outside drains, or the structure in which this is housed.
(chiefly, AU, NZ, British) The hole at the bottom of a bath, sink or tub, which can be blocked using a plug; a drain (US).
A drain; sluice; ditch or gutter.
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(AU, NZ, slang) A drain.
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One who, or that which, gurgles.
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