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hookah

or hook·a

[ hook-uh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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.

hookah

/ 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 calledhubble-bubblekaliannarghilewater pipe

Origin of hookah¹

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

Origin of hookah¹

C18: from Arabic huqqah

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.

Only the choicest tobacco is used with the hookah and nargeeleh; it is grown in Persia.

My new acquaintance called for a hookah and sherbet, and in a few moments we were on excellent terms.

Reclining on his divan in the old Turkish style, and smoking his hookah, Ibrahim listened to Murray's communication.

When his feeble love is sated, he will hold thee surely then Something lower than his hookah, something less than his cayenne.

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