sheesha
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- noun
- /ˈʃiːʃə/
- UK
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sheesha
- In the warm weather, it is common to see people smoking sheesha in outdoor lounges.
Examples
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Your first sheesha experience.
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She ordered a sheesha with apple-flavored tobacco for a relaxing evening.
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Many of those bodies end up in a hodgepodge of colorful plastic chairs in Borsa, the alleys around Egypt's stock exchange, smoking sheesha and playing backgammon.
Blog text (24) -
Last night, we gathered at the café to enjoy a sheesha while catching up with friends.
Synonyms
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A long pipe that cools smoke in water for people to breathe in
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A water pipe for smoking tobacco that cools smoke through water
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A smoking device where smoke passes through water before you breathe it in
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 long pipe for smoking tobacco where smoke passes through water before you inhale
A pipe with a long tube that passes tobacco smoke through water
A water pipe used to smoke flavored tobacco through water
A pipe for smoking flavored tobacco through water with a long tube
A water pipe you smoke from that cools the smoke through water
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word sheesha comes from the Persian and Arabic word shīsha, which means 'glass'. That's why sheesha refers to the smoking pipe with a glass water container that cools the smoke.