watering hole

noun

1

: water hole sense 1

2

: a place where people gather socially

especially : watering place sense 3

Synonyms

• bar
• barroom
• café
• cafe
• cantina [Southwest]
• dramshop
• gin mill
• grogshop [chiefly British]
• pub
• public house [chiefly British]
• saloon
• taproom
• tavern
• watering place

Examples of watering hole in a Sentence

supposedly, that Broadway hangout was the favorite watering hole for 1940s celebrities

Recent Examples on the Web

Our Axios Minneapolis colleagues tell us there are a number of Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers outposts in the Twin Cities, but few other teams have dedicated watering holes for game days. —Sam Allard, Axios, 25 Sep. 2024

Life is debauched and consistent, until that handsome twentysomething gent wanders into Lee’s favorite watering hole. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2024

Driving the news: The event on Monday, in its second year and hosted at Under Current Bar, featured 15 contestants from some of the best watering holes in Salt Lake City. —Kim Bojórquez, Axios, 9 Sep. 2024

Apart from Renn’s overbearing and overburdened sibling Leigh — a character that Snow portrays with real bite — there is Lily’s irksome second husband Rick (David Arquette), along with various self-conscious moments at funeral parlors, heart-to-hearts at local watering holes and so on. —Tomris Laffly, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1776, in the meaning defined at sense 1