hookah
Americannoun
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hookahs
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of hookah
First recorded in 1755–65, hookah is from the Arabic word ḥuqqah box, vase, pipe for smoking
Example Sentences
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“I like Americans, they are so beautiful,” said Aman Gautam, a 23-year-old hookah parlor owner who patiently queued.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025
Local media said it happened as patrons queued to enter a hookah and cigar lounge.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2024
“Trust in the police is below zero here,” said Sofiane, 19, who was smoking a hookah with several friends in an alleyway.
From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2023
The department also claimed that he was not a hookah lounge employee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2022
They sat on low-seated woven stools, a brass hookah between them.
From "Amal Unbound" by Aisha Saeed
In an open-air, bustling café in Nasr City in Cairo, dozens of newly arrived refugees huddle in small groups, puffing on hookahs, sharing stories about their homeland.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2024
That sound spurred families bearing bags of food, pots of coffee, coolers of soda, grills, hookahs and lots of children into action, scrambling up iron ladders to settle into the train’s wooden cars.
From New York Times ● Jun. 11, 2022
The popular pipes, also known as hookahs and narghiles, are often passed between friends, potentially transmitting the virus.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 31, 2021
The West Hollywood City Council voted to prohibit sales of all flavored tobacco products except shisha, which is used in hookahs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2021
Outside teahouses, on carpet-covered wooden platforms, men drank tea and smoked tobacco from hookahs.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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