hookah

noun

hoo·​kah ˈhu̇-kə How to pronounce hookah (audio) ˈhü- How to pronounce hookah (audio)

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Notes of apple, tobacco, sandalwood, clove, and cinnamon channel the aroma of hookah smoke drifting through lively streets. Michael Stefanov, Robb Report, 14 Jan. 2025 Guests can even smoke a hookah after dinner which is total standard digestive fare for so many places in the Middle East. Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024 The Springfield Police Department is willing to pay cash for clues in a February fatal shooting that happened outside a local bar and hookah lounge. Katie Nixon, The Tennessean, 18 Apr. 2024 In 2011, when Ben Amor was a freshman at Kennesaw State University in Georgia, his parents opened a hookah lounge just a five-minute drive from his college. Ben Dandridge-Lemco, Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hookah 

Word History

Etymology

Arabic ḥuqqa bottle of a water pipe

First Known Use

1763, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hookah was in 1763

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“Hookah.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hookah. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.

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