hookah
/ˈhʊkə
/noun
An oriental tobacco pipe with a long, flexible tube which draws the smoke through water contained in a bowl.Men gather there after work to talk, drink dark coffee, and smoke cigarettes or hookahs (water pipes)....
- In urban areas, men enjoy spending their leisure time in teahouses, socializing and smoking the hookah, or water pipe.
- Shisha is tobacco mixed with molasses and fruit flavors that is smoked in a hookah (water pipe).
Synonyms
pipe, water pipe, hubble-bubble, chillum, narghile, kalian
Origin
Mid 18th century: from Urdu, from Arabic ḥuqqa 'casket, jar'.
Rhymes
- Vertebrata
- vertebrate
- vertex
- vertical
- vertical angles
- vertical blind
- vertical circle
- vertical file
- vertical fin
- vertical integration
- verticalise
- verticality
- verticalize
- vertically
- vertically challenged
- vertical market
- vertical stabilizer
- vertical tasting
- vertical thinking
- vertical union
- verticillium
- vertiginous
- vertiginously
- vertigo
- vertisol