hookah
Use Hookah in a sentence
ə 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.
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| —n | |
| hubble-bubble, kalian, narghile, Also called: 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 | |
| [C18: from Arabic huqqah] | |
| hooka or hooka | |
| —n | |
| [C18: from Arabic huqqah] | |
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Hookah
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
hookah
1763, from Ar. huqqah "small box, vessel" (through which the smoke is drawn), extended in Urdu to the whole apparatus.
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Example sentences
The hookah lounge will only serve flavored tobacco hookahs as well as sell hookahs and hookah accessories.
The dive uses the hookah system, which is fed by an air supply aboard the boat.
Peak hours for hookah tend to be after dinner into the late evening.
Find out whether the tour will incorporate scuba diving, hookah diving or snorkeling.
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