hookah
or hook·a
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.
Origin of hookah
1- Also called narghile.
Words Nearby hookah
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How to use hookah in a sentence
The group has banned women from riding on the back of motorcycles and smoking hookah pipes.
“For the hookah scene in Zombieland we used herbal cigarettes as pot,” props worker Katrina Rice told The Daily Beast.
He, with others, thinking the miss-sahib had gone to church, was smoking the hookah of gossip in a neighboring compound.
The Red Year | Louis TracyOnly the choicest tobacco is used with the hookah and nargeeleh; it is grown in Persia.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.My new acquaintance called for a hookah and sherbet, and in a few moments we were on excellent terms.
Confessions of a Thug | Philip Meadows Taylor
Reclining on his divan in the old Turkish style, and smoking his hookah, Ibrahim listened to Murray's communication.
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks | Bracebridge HemyngWhen his feeble love is sated, he will hold thee surely then Something lower than his hookah, something less than his cayenne.
The Book of Humorous Verse | Various
British Dictionary definitions for hookah
hooka
/ (ˈhʊkə) /
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
Origin of hookah
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