hookah
/ˈhu.kə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.81 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A pipe with a long flexible tube that draws the smoke through water, traditionally used for smoking tobacco, which is often flavored.
noun
A tankless surface air compressor pump and umbilical piping system that supplies air to a diving mask.
Example Sentences
- "In India, the lower orders use a hookah or hubble bubble, which is made of a cocoa-nut shell well cleaned out, having a hole through the soft eye of the shell, and another on the opposite side, a little lower down, the first of which is used for the chauffoir, and the other to suck or draw the smoke from."
- "Our new acquaintance very deliberately coiled up the tube of his hookah, and produced from behind a curtain a very long befrogged topcoat with Astrakhan collar and cuffs."
- "The lounge was furnished in old English oak and big Knole settees. There were rugs from Tabriz and Kerman on the highly polished floor. […] A table lamp was fashioned from a silver Egyptian hookah."
- "When Uncle Jack caught me, he kept me laughing about a preacher who hated going to church so much that every day he stood at his gate in his dressing-gown, smoking a hookah and delivering five-minute sermons to any passers-by who desired spiritual comfort."
- "But Dubai is resilient, at least when it comes to partying. “Everyone just went back to their hookah and food a minute later,” said Babayan."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: حُقَّة, ح ق ق
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈhu.kə/
- British English: /ˈhʊ.kə/
Inflected Forms
Phrases
hookah air compressor
hookah air pump
hookah-burdar
hookah compressor
hookah dive
hookah dive compressor
hookah dive pump
hookah diving