WATERWORKS

[plural] [noun] - a system of buildings and pipes in which a public supply of water is stored and treated and from which it is sent outThey are now busy designing a mapping system for the city of Hiroshima's waterworks. (UK) Doctors often use the word waterworks to mean the parts of the body that deal with the removal of urine.How are your waterworks?(dated disapproving) Waterworks can also refer to crying and is usually used of or to children who cry too often.She's one of those irritating children who just turns on the waterworks if ever she doesn't get her own way.You can turn on the waterworks all you like - I'm not going to change my mind!