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hubbly-bubbly

hubbly-bubbly

9.3
A water pipe used to smoke flavored tobacco through water
  • noun
  • /ˈhʌbli ˈbʌbli/
  • UK
translation icon : narguile
  • We shared a hubbly-bubbly and tea at the sidewalk café.

Examples

  • They relaxed in the garden, each enjoying a turn with the hubbly-bubbly.

  • The hubbly-bubbly was filled with apple-flavored tobacco.

  • The lounge offers a wide selection of flavored tobaccos for the hubbly-bubbly.

  • He bought a new hubbly-bubbly for the party.

  • The lounge offers a wide selection of flavored tobaccos for the hubbly-bubbly.

  • They relaxed in the garden, each enjoying a turn with the hubbly-bubbly.

  • We shared a hubbly-bubbly and tea at the sidewalk café.

Synonyms

hookah
vshubbly-bubbly
7 7.5

A long pipe that cools smoke in water for people to breathe in

is the alternative common name used for the same device
shisha
vshubbly-bubbly
1 9.6

A water pipe for smoking tobacco that cools smoke through water

is the familiar alternative term for that same smoking device
water pipe
vshubbly-bubbly
1 5.1

A smoking device where smoke passes through water before you breathe it in

is the specific colloquial name often used for that general device
sheesha
vshubbly-bubbly
  • UK
1 9.9

A pipe with a long tube that cools tobacco smoke through water

is the principal common form rather than this variant spelling
hubble-bubble
vshubbly-bubbly
  • Archaic
9.9

A pipe with a long tube that passes tobacco smoke through water

is the more widely used name for that identical device
narghile
vshubbly-bubbly
  • UK
9.9

A long pipe for smoking tobacco where smoke passes through water before you inhale

is the common alternative name rather than this traditional label
nargileh
vshubbly-bubbly
  • UK
9.9

A pipe for smoking flavored tobacco through water with a long tube

is the standard name more often used in general English
kalian
vshubbly-bubbly
  • Indian
9.9

A long pipe with a water bowl that people use to smoke tobacco

is the more widely recognized term in everyday speech
chicha
vshubbly-bubbly
  • US
9.9

A water pipe you smoke from that cools the smoke through water

is the common English label rather than this regional name
calean
vshubbly-bubbly
  • Archaic
9.9

A long water pipe for cooling tobacco smoke before you breathe it in

is the general modern name used more often in conversation

Surface Forms

hubbly-bubbly singular
hubbly-bubblies plural

Etymology

Hubbly-bubbly likely comes from the 'bubbling' sound of the water in the pipe and from the Hindi/Urdu word huqqa, the original name for a smoking pipe like hookah or shisha. So a hubbly-bubbly is simply a water pipe for smoking, named after the water's 'bubbling' noise.