noun (plural waterworks)
1 [C+sing./pl.v.] a building with pumping machinery for supplying water to an area
2 [pl.] (informal or humorous) the organs of the body through which URINE (= waste water) is passed
IDIOMS
turn on the waterworks (informal, disapproving) to start crying, especially in order to get sympathy or attention
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