an oriental pipe for smoking marijuana, tobacco, etc, consisting of one or more long flexible stems connected to a container of water or other liquid through which smoke is drawnand cooled
Also called: hubble-bubble, kalian, narghile, water pipe
Word origin
C18: from Arabic huqqah
Examples of 'shisha' in a sentence
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Across the street is a shisha bar.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
But a waterpipe - or shisha - is a different proposition.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Pictures of him smoking a shisha pipe emerge.
The Sun (2015)
He even captured him smoking from a shisha pipe.
The Sun (2014)
And the ace was pictured smoking a shisha pipe.
The Sun (2018)
Iranians tend to sit outside, smoking shisha and drinking coffee.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Some dozed or smoked their shisha pipes.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Twice caught smoking shisha pipes with his bluds, his posse.
The Sun (2015)
It is illegal for under-18s to buy shisha pens and e-cigarettes.