hubble-bubble

[ huhb-uhl-buhb-uhl ]

noun

1. a simple form of the hookah, in which the smoke passes through water, causing a bubbling sound.
2. a bubbling sound.
3. an uproar; turmoil.

hubble-bubble

/ ˈhʌbəlˈbʌbəl /

noun

1. See hookah
   another name for hookah
2. hubbub; turmoil
3. a bubbling or gargling sound

Word History and Origins

Origin of hubble-bubble¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of hubble-bubble¹

C17: rhyming jingle based on bubble

Example Sentences

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

From The Daily Beast

The women are in the habit of enjoying the hubble-bubble, in groups, in a similar manner.

From Project Gutenberg

Dost thou remember the Nurse's dream in that exquisite work, which she recounts in such agony to Hubble Bubble?

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

He had none of the sleepiness and fatalistic languor of the fat hubble-bubble smoking Turk of caricature.

From Project Gutenberg

There he was still, sitting in his den and smoking a hubble-bubble.

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