noun
Meaning 1
A bubbling sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
hubble-bubble
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Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
A hookah.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a bipolar world with the hookah and Turkish coffee versus hamburgers and Coca Cola
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hookah, narghile, nargileh, sheesha, shisha, chicha, calean, kalian, water pipe, hubbly-bubbly
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pipe, tobacco pipe
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: наргиле (nargile) — hookah
- Polish: nargile — hookah
- Polish: fajka wodna — hookah
- Polish: szisza — hookah
- Russian: бульбулятор (bulʹbuljator) — hookah