waterworks

noun

  1. 1

    The water supply system of a town etc., including reservoirs, pumps and pipes.

  2. 2

    Any single facility, such as a filtration plant, within such a system.

  3. 3

    Tears; crying.

    She turned on the waterworks when we told her the old man was dead, but she was asking questions about the will soon enough.
  4. 4

    The genitourinary system.

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