HOOKAH
hookah, narghile, nargileh, sheesha, shisha, chicha, calean, kalian, water pipe, hubble-bubble, hubbly-bubbly
(noun) an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water; “a bipolar world with the hookah and Turkish coffee versus hamburgers and Coca Cola”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hookah (plural hookahs)
A pipe with a long flexible tube that draws the smoke through water, traditionally used for smoking tobacco, which is often flavored.
Synonyms: waterpipe, hubble-bubble, hubbly bubbly, narghile, shisha
Source: Wiktionary
Hook"ah, n. Etym: [Per. or Ar. huqqa a round box or casket, a bottle through which the fumes pass when smoking tobacco.]
Definition: A pipe with a long, flexible stem, so arranged that the smoke is cooled by being made to pass through water.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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