hookah

== English == === Alternative forms === hooka, hooker, houka, hukka, hukkah, huqqa, huqqah === Etymology === Borrowed from Hindustani حقہ / हुक़्क़ा (huqqā) and, in turn, derived from Arabic حُقَّة (ḥuqqa, “pot, jar”), from حُقّ (ḥuqq, “cavity, hollow”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhʊ.kə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhu.kə/, /ˈhʊ.kə/ Rhymes: -ʊkə, -uːkə Hyphenation: hook‧ah Homophone: hooker (UK, non-rhotic) === Noun === hookah (plural hookahs) (recreational inhalants) A pipe with a long flexible tube that draws the smoke through water, traditionally used for smoking tobacco, which is often flavored. Synonyms: hubble-bubble, hubbly bubbly, narghile, shisha Hypernyms: water pipe < pipe < paraphernalia Coordinate terms: bong, bucket bong, moof; hash pipe, hashpipe (underwater diving) A tankless surface air compressor pump and umbilical piping system that supplies air to a diving mask. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === hookah on Wikipedia.Wikipedia