hubble-bubble

[ huhb-uh l-buhb-uh l ]

/ ˈhʌb əlˌbʌb əl /

a simple form of the hookah, in which the smoke passes through water, causing a bubbling sound.

a bubbling sound.

an uproar; turmoil.

Origin of hubble-bubble

First recorded in 1625–35; rhyming compound based on bubble

Two teenage brothers apparently lit a campfire, smoked a nargillah—a hubble-bubble—and went home.

Israel's Inferno |Fania Oz-Salzberger |December 5, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
In the hubble-bubble the pipe is so contrived that the water in the bowl makes a bubbling noise while the pipe is being smoked.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 |Various
Dr. Jackal was sitting with his hind legs crossed, and smoking a hubble-bubble.

The Talking Thrush |William Crooke
The hubble-bubble passed from mouth to mouth, and the crew whiled away the evening hours with their monotonous chants.

Gold, Sport, And Coffee Planting In Mysore |Robert H. Elliot

For the officers, the native chillim or hubble-bubble was brought and handed round to them one after another.

At the Court of the Amr |John Alfred Gray
I lighted a cigar, and Akong smoked his hubble-bubble, a small copy of the nargileh of the Turks.

St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878 |Various

hubble-bubble

/ (ˈhʌbəlˈbʌbəl) /

another name for hookah

hubbub; turmoil

a bubbling or gargling sound

C17: rhyming jingle based on bubble