hookah

or hook·a

[ hoo k-uh ]

/ ˈhʊk ə /

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noun

a tobacco pipe of Near Eastern origin with a long, flexible tube by which the smoke is drawn through a jar of water and thus cooled.

Also called narghile.

Origin of hookah

First recorded in 1755–65, hookah is from the Arabic word ḥuqqah box, vase, pipe for smoking

Words nearby hookah

hook, captain, hook, line, and sinker, hook-and-ladder company, hook-tip, hook-up, hookah, hooke, hooke's law, hooked, hooked rug, hooker

Example sentences from the Web for hookah

“For the hookah scene in Zombieland we used herbal cigarettes as pot,” props worker Katrina Rice told The Daily Beast.

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"You'll get used to it in time," said the Caterpillar; and it put the hookah into its mouth and began smoking again.

The Worlds Greatest Books |Arthur Mee, J. A. Hammerton, Eds.
The blundering garron had been made restive by the rush past, and the hookah all but fell from the hampered hands.

From Sea to Sea |Rudyard Kipling
At ten o'clock, after I had breakfasted and smoked my hookah, it was proposed that we "go on at once."

Wanderings in India |John Lang

In smoking with a hookah the smoke is cooled by being made to pass through water.

Chats on Old Copper and Brass |Fred. W. Burgess
"You'll get used to it in time," said the Caterpillar; and it put its hookah into its mouth and began smoking again.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland |Lewis Carroll

British Dictionary definitions for hookah

hookah

hooka

/ (ˈhʊkə) /

noun

an oriental pipe for smoking marijuana, tobacco, etc, consisting of one or more long flexible stems connected to a container of water or other liquid through which smoke is drawn and cooled Also called: hubble-bubble, kalian, narghile, water pipe

Word Origin for hookah

C18: from Arabic huqqah

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