chicha
- noun
- US
:
shisha
- The friends passed the chicha around, laughing and telling stories as they celebrated their reunion.
Examples
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They gathered around the table to enjoy chicha, a traditional drink shared at festive occasions.
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At the party, guests enjoyed the sweet flavors of chicha while dancing to traditional music.
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In addition, chicha groups make direct iconic references to highland musical culture.
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The commercial marketing of chicha groups and their recordings by the music industry, however, represents the most obvious form of exploitation of the style.
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For the most part, only young people attend these "fiestas de chicha" "chicha parties."
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Chicha is the new wave of music among migrants in Lima.
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Like popular music directed at young audiences in many places, the vast majority of chicha song texts (sung in Spanish)
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The government's decision to use chicha is based on its regionally neutral character while at the same time being associated with provincianos in general.
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Chicha groups reflect another aspect of second-generation identity: its pan-highland character.
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By 1985, chicha had become the most ubiquitous urban-popular musical form in Peru.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
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5.5
A small tube with a bowl for smoking tobacco
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7.5
A long pipe that cools smoke in water for people to breathe in
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9.6
A water pipe for smoking tobacco that cools smoke through water
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5.1
A smoking device where smoke passes through water before you breathe it in
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9.9
A pipe with a long tube that cools tobacco smoke through water
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3.2
A small tube with a bowl that you use to smoke tobacco
A pipe for smoking flavored tobacco through water with a long tube
A water pipe used to smoke flavored tobacco through water
A long pipe for smoking tobacco where smoke passes through water before you inhale
A long water pipe for cooling tobacco smoke before you breathe it in
A long pipe with a water bowl that people use to smoke tobacco
A pipe with a long tube that passes tobacco smoke through water
How Social
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chicha for the water pipe comes from the Persian word shisheh, meaning 'glass'. That's why the pipe often has a decorated glass vase, and the 'glass' image helps you remember this smoking instrument.