noun
hookah
HUU-kuh
noun
1
A water pipe with a long flexible tube, traditionally used for smoking flavoured tobacco.
"They spent the evening at a lounge sharing a hookah."
How to Use Hookah
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA traditional water pipe for smoking flavoured tobacco.
Common pairings
smoke a hookah
hookah lounge
hookah pipe
Word Forms
hookahs plural
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Etymology
From Hindustani huqqā, ultimately from Arabic ḥuqqa, meaning "pot" or "jar."