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hookah in British English
or hooka (ˈhʊkə)
noun
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 drawn and cooled
Also called: hubble-bubble, kalian, narghile, water pipeWord origin
C18: from Arabic huqqahhookah in American English
(ˈhʊkə; ˈhukə) or ˈhooka (ˈhʊkə; ˈhukə)
noun
a kind of water pipe associated with the Middle East, with a long flexible tube for drawing the smoke through water in a vase or bowl and cooling it
Word origin
Ar ḥuqqa, pipe for smoking, vaseImage ofhookah
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Examples of 'hookah' in a sentencehookah
Synonyms of 'hookah'
water pipe, hubble-bubble, narghile, kalian
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(noun)
Definition
an oriental pipe for smoking marijuana or tobacco, with a long flexible stem connected to a container of water through which smoke is drawn and cooled
smoking a hookah
Synonyms
water pipe
hubble-bubble
narghile
kalian
Nearby words ofhookah
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