hookah
Americannoun
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hookahs
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of hookah
First recorded in 1755–65, hookah is from the Arabic word ḥuqqah box, vase, pipe for smoking
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But a good bet is Zikrayat, which will be showing the games on five big-screen TVs and offering food and hookah specials for the duration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
From coastal Jableh, her paternal family’s home, she recalls the aromas of “flavored hookah smoke, nuts toasting on carts, and boiled sweet corn.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026
Local media said it happened as patrons queued to enter a hookah and cigar lounge.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2024
Officers entered the front door of the hookah bar, and Nelson fled out the back, where several other officers and a police dog were waiting.
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2023
I glance at the end of the booth and see hookah sets, golden swords, and blown-up black-and-white harem pictures from some previous era propped against, yes, camel bridles.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
Their waiter Amir, who preferred not to share his last name, ferried packed peach-and-pineapple hookahs and tall glasses of pressed watermelon juice from the cafe’s kitchen to the table.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2026
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
“Maybe,” I say, clicking through my camera, looking at some awful pictures of hookahs and plastic swords, thinking, What’s wrong with being weak?
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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