hookah

American  

[hook-uh] / ˈhʊk ə /

Or hooka

noun

hookahs plural

1. 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.

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hookah British  

/ ˈhʊkə /

noun

1. Also called: hubble-bubble.   kalian.   narghile.   water pipe.  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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• hookahs
  plural

Etymology

Origin of hookah

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

Example Sentences

Sunday at the V Luxx Hookah Lounge, the Fayetteville Police Department said in a statement posted on Facebook.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 3, 2023

Hookah tobacco sellers argued that the exemption was not legally workable for lounges and said that it was unfair to prohibit the transfer of permits for selling flavored tobacco at hookah lounges.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2021

County prosecutors say Khokhar offered the Duquesne University student a ride after she lost her cellphone and came into his business, the Southside Hookah Lounge, about 1:30 a.m.

From Washington Times • Sep. 25, 2015

Hours later, detectives from the 71st Precinct were trying to piece together the chaos that unfolded at the Buda Hookah Lounge, on Flatbush Avenue, reviewing surveillance footage from cameras inside the lounge, the police said.

From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2015

There lies my lute, and many strings are broken, Some one was playing it, and some one tore The silken tassels round my Hookah woven; Some one who plays, and smokes, and loves, no more!

From India's Love Lyrics by Hope, Laurence

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