cooler

noun12

1. •
   Anything which cools.

   • If acid Things were used only as Coolers, they would not be so proper in this Case. — 1731
2. •
   An insulated bin or box used with ice or freezer packs to keep food or beverages cold while picnicking or camping.

   • Two women were found unresponsive in a car along with the likely culprit – four coolers of dry ice – Friday morning in Pierce County, Washington, CNN affiliate KOMO reports. — 2018
3. •
   A device for refrigerating dead bodies in a morgue.
4. •
   (India) Ellipsis of air cooler, evaporative cooler, desert cooler, or swamp cooler.
5. •
   (Canada, South-Africa) A type of drink made with alcohol, especially wine, mixed with fruit juice.

   • They served wine coolers in the afternoon.
6. •
   (Philippines) samalamig drink (sweet chilled beverage, such as chilled fruit juice or other flavors like chocolate, coffee, sweet corn, etc., usually mixed with either shredded jelly and/or sago pearls or tapioca pearls)
7. •
   (US, slang) A prison.

   • About a year or so back we had him in the cooler on a Mann Act rap. — 1939
8. •
   A loss suffered while holding a hand which is ordinarily strong, especially one which involves the loss of many chips.
9. •
   (informal) A cold deck.
10. •
    (US, slang) A bouncer or doorman.
11. •
    (slang, no longer used) A final glass of porter after a session drinking spirits and water.
12. •
    (slang, no longer used) A cooling swim or dip in the water.

    • That night this ungainly urchin, taking a cooler in one of the big irrigation canals, got laid hold of by an alligator and raised the most unearthly screech […] — 1923