Definition

Noun: 1. A water pipe for smoking: A device, also commonly known as a hookah, used for smoking flavored tobacco. The smoke is drawn through a long, flexible tube and passes through a water-filled base to cool it before inhalation.

Usage

• Noun:
  • They spent the evening relaxing and talking around a sheesha.
  • The café offered a variety of flavored tobaccos for the sheesha.

Advanced Usage

• Cultural Context: The term "sheesha" is often used in Middle Eastern and South Asian contexts. It refers not just to the pipe itself but also to the social activity of smoking it.
  • Sharing a sheesha is a common social ritual in many parts of the world.

Variants and Related Words

• Hookah (n): The most common synonym for "sheesha." It refers to the same water pipe apparatus.
  • The hookah has a long history in Middle Eastern culture.
• Nargile (n): Another term for a water pipe, used particularly in Turkey and surrounding regions.
  • We ordered tea and a nargile at the Turkish restaurant.

Synonyms

• Water pipe: A general term for any pipe that uses water to filter or cool smoke.
• Hubble-bubble: An informal, somewhat archaic term for a hookah, often emphasizing the bubbling sound.

Notes on Meaning

• While "sheesha" specifically denotes the pipe, it is often used metonymically to refer to the flavored tobacco smoked in it or the act of smoking.
  • "Would you like to try some apple sheesha?" (Here, "sheesha" refers to the flavored tobacco.)
  • "Let's go for a sheesha." (Here, "sheesha" refers to the activity of smoking the pipe.)

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