hookah

noun

hoo·kah ˈhu̇-kə ˈhü-

: water pipe sense 2

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Another growth category that Roth believes offers upside is Air's investment in a charcoal-free electronic hookah device called OOKA. — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026 Among them were three teenage girls playing volleyball and a woman smoking a hookah in front of her house. — Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026 In the second incident, the singer allegedly broke around $1,500 worth of restaurant property, including hookahs, DJ equipment, and sofas at Mira restaurant and hookah lounge in Manhattan. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2026 What appears to be the only Indian restaurant is called Ghandi, and the smoke of hookahs cast a cloud over charmingly old world-looking boats emblazoned with American names. — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 17 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for hookah

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Etymology

Arabic ḥuqqa bottle of a water pipe

First Known Use

1763, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of hookah was in 1763

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