SHISHA

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

shisha (countable and uncountable, plural shishas)

(countable) An Arabic water-pipe, or hookah.

Synonyms: hookah, hubbly bubbly, narghile

The tobacco smoked in such a pipe, especially as mixed with molasses and flavour extract.

Synonym: maassel

(textiles) A type of embroidery with small pieces of reflective metal attached to the fabric.

Synonym: mirrorwork

Anagrams

• Hashis, Shashi, Shiahs, shahis

Source: Wiktionary



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