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hookah

hookah

7 7.5
A long pipe that cools smoke in water for people to breathe in
  • noun
  • /ˈhuːkə/
translation icon : narguile
  • She carefully prepared the hookah with flavored tobacco before inviting her friends to join her.
  • hookah lounge
  • hookah pipe
  • hookah bar

They say in Colorado the hookah business is on the rise.

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Examples

  • Twana set up a hookah in the front courtyard of his family's two-story office building.

    Academic text (2015)
  • And there are the smells and sounds and spices and flavors and carpets and hookahs, I suppose, if you're looking at it that way.

  • Do you know where I can get some hookah?

  • The tribes liked the hookah water pipe.

    Academic text (2010)
  • -I wanna smoke a hookah in Marrakesh.

  • They say in Colorado the hookah business is on the rise.

  • The millionaire was not there long before he became enamored of the pleasures of the hookah.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Brian Neas and his friend Eddy Meng had a hookah, which they shared with others as they waited.

    Blog text (27)
  • Fitting the bowl top back in place, he said, "It's called a hookah, or a narghile." "Does a genie come out when you rub it?" Archer laughed.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Caught the next flight to Marrakesh and was sitting in a café with Natalie -smoking hookah later that night.

Synonyms

bong
vshookah
  • NSFW
35 9.0

A water pipe used for smoking tobacco or cannabis

is the oriental water pipe specifically, not any general smoking device
shisha
vshookah
1 9.6

A water pipe for smoking tobacco that cools smoke through water

does not emphasize the long tube but focuses on water filtration
water pipe
vshookah
1 5.1

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

is the specific oriental term rather than the general device name
sheesha
vshookah
  • UK
1 9.9

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

covers the same object but not limited to tobacco
hubbly-bubbly
vshookah
  • UK
9.3

A water pipe used to smoke flavored tobacco through water

has identical meaning but is a different name
narghile
vshookah
  • UK
9.9

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

is the general term rather than this variant name
hubble-bubble
vshookah
  • Archaic
9.9

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

is the more widely used term rather than this variant
nargileh
vshookah
  • UK
9.9

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

is the general term not restricted to flavored tobacco
calean
vshookah
  • Archaic
9.9

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

does not stress the long tube detail but focuses on water filtration
kalian
vshookah
  • Indian
9.9

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

focuses on the general device rather than the container detail
chicha
vshookah
  • US
9.9

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

is broader and not limited to flavored substances

How Social

hookah
7 7.5
chicha
  • US
9.9
pipe
99 5.5
cigarette
1.0

Surface Forms

hookah singular
hookahs plural

Etymology

The word hookah comes from the old Indian and Middle Eastern word huqqa, which named a 'water pipe' used for smoking. It is the same thing many people call shisha, so remember a hookah is a pipe where smoke passes through water before you breathe it in.