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• chillum
  chillum

  noun

  the part of a hookah that contains the tobacco, marijuana, or other substance being smoked.
• Chillum
  Chillum

  noun

  a city in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.

chillum

¹ American  

[chil-uhm] / ˈtʃɪl əm /

noun

1. the part of a hookah that contains the tobacco, marijuana, or other substance being smoked.

2. the substance that is smoked.

3. a hookah or other water pipe adapted for smoking marijuana, that can be passed in ritual fashion among a group of participants: used especially by Rastafarians.

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Chillum ² American  

[chil-uhm] / ˈtʃɪl əm /

noun

1. a city in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.

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chillum British  

/ ˈtʃɪləm /

noun

1. a short pipe, usually of clay, used esp for smoking cannabis

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Etymology

Origin of chillum

First recorded in 1775–85, chillum is from the Hindi word cilam

Example Sentences

"An' lil Cain an' Abel,—my lan', how dem chillum used to gobble up de mud pies ole Mammy Eve used to make right out ob dish yere road we's ridin' on."

From Viola Gwyn by McCutcheon, George Barr

Well, suh," said Mr. Genesis, "I had three chillum 'fo' I 'uz twenty.

From Seventeen A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William by Tarkington, Booth

"Sure nuff, you ole fool, Joe, might 'a knowed you shouldn't tole no such tings fo' de chillum."

From Elsie's Motherhood by Finley, Martha

In time he found his way to the little settlement of huts constructed of poles and mats, where Nagoo sat on the ground smoking his "chillum," and told his errand.

From Concerning Animals and Other Matters by Aitken, Edward Hamilton