hookah

or hook·a

[ hook-uh ]

/ ˈhʊk ə /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR hookah ON THESAURUS.COM

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.

Also called narghile.

Origin of hookah

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

Words nearby hookah

Hooft, Hoogh, Hooghly, hoo-ha, hook, hookah, hook and eye, hook and ladder, hook-and-ladder company, hook bolt, Hook, Captain

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Example sentences from the Web for hookah

“For the hookah scene in Zombieland we used herbal cigarettes as pot,” props worker Katrina Rice told The Daily Beast.
13 Movie Tricks…Revealed!|Marlow Stern|October 31, 2010|DAILY BEAST
"You'll get used to it in time," said the Caterpillar; and it put the hookah into its mouth and began smoking again.
The Worlds Greatest Books|Arthur Mee, J. A. Hammerton, Eds.
The blundering garron had been made restive by the rush past, and the hookah all but fell from the hampered hands.
From Sea to Sea|Rudyard Kipling
At ten o'clock, after I had breakfasted and smoked my hookah, it was proposed that we "go on at once."
Wanderings in India|John Lang

In smoking with a hookah the smoke is cooled by being made to pass through water.
Chats on Old Copper and Brass|Fred. W. Burgess
"You'll get used to it in time," said the Caterpillar; and it put its hookah into its mouth and began smoking again.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland|Lewis Carroll

British Dictionary definitions for hookah

hookah

hooka

/ (ˈhʊkə) /

noun

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 cooledAlso called: hubble-bubble, kalian, narghile, water pipe

Word Origin for hookah

C18: from Arabic huqqah

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	hookah
释义	hookah or hook·a [ hook-uh ] / ˈhʊk ə / SEE SYNONYMS FOR hookah ON THESAURUS.COM 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. Also called narghile. Origin of hookah First recorded in 1755–65, hookah is from the Arabic word ḥuqqah box, vase, pipe for smoking Words nearby hookah Hooft, Hoogh, Hooghly, hoo-ha, hook, hookah, hook and eye, hook and ladder, hook-and-ladder company, hook bolt, Hook, Captain Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hookah “For the hookah scene in Zombieland we used herbal cigarettes as pot,” props worker Katrina Rice told The Daily Beast. 13 Movie Tricks…Revealed!\|Marlow Stern\|October 31, 2010\|DAILY BEAST "You'll get used to it in time," said the Caterpillar; and it put the hookah into its mouth and began smoking again. The Worlds Greatest Books\|Arthur Mee, J. A. Hammerton, Eds. The blundering garron had been made restive by the rush past, and the hookah all but fell from the hampered hands. From Sea to Sea\|Rudyard Kipling At ten o'clock, after I had breakfasted and smoked my hookah, it was proposed that we "go on at once." Wanderings in India\|John Lang In smoking with a hookah the smoke is cooled by being made to pass through water. Chats on Old Copper and Brass\|Fred. W. Burgess "You'll get used to it in time," said the Caterpillar; and it put its hookah into its mouth and began smoking again. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland\|Lewis Carroll British Dictionary definitions for hookah hookah hooka / (ˈhʊkə) / noun 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 cooledAlso called: hubble-bubble, kalian, narghile, water pipe Word Origin for hookah C18: from Arabic huqqah Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to hookah plumbing, water main, conduit, main, sluice, hubble-bubble, kalian, nargileh
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hookah

or hook·a

noun

Origin of hookah

Words nearby hookah

Example sentences from the Web for hookah

British Dictionary definitions for hookah

hooka

noun

Word Origin for hookah

Words related to hookah