hookah

/'hukə/ Cách viết khác : (hookah) /'hukə/

Thân thiện

A man enjoys a hookah at a café.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A water pipe for smoking: A hookah is a device used for smoking flavored tobacco, consisting of a base filled with water, a bowl for the tobacco, a hose, and a mouthpiece. Smoke is drawn through the water, which cools and filters it.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The group of friends gathered around the hookah to share a relaxing evening.
  • In many Middle Eastern cafes, it is common to see people smoking a hookah.

Advanced Usage

• "To smoke a hookah": The standard verb collocation for using the device.
  • They preferred to smoke a hookah rather than cigarettes.

Variants and Related Words

• Nargile (n): Another name for a hookah, commonly used in Turkey and surrounding regions.
• Shisha (n): Often used to refer to both the hookah device and the flavored tobacco smoked in it.
  • The café offered a wide variety of shisha flavors.

Synonyms

• Water pipe: A general term for smoking devices that use water for filtration.
• Hubble-bubble: An archaic or informal synonym for a hookah, emphasizing the bubbling sound.

Related Phrases

• Hookah lounge: A café or establishment where people go to smoke hookahs.
  • The new hookah lounge downtown is very popular.

Học thuật

Noun

1. an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water
   • a bipolar world with the hookah and Turkish coffee versus hamburgers and Coca Cola