- a pipe for smoking marijuana, tobacco, etc, consisting of one or more long flexible stems connected to a container of water or other liquid through which smoke is drawn and cooledAlso called: hubble-bubble, water pipe
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
hook•ah or hook•a /ˈhʊkə/USA pronunciation
n. [countable], pl. hook•ahs or hook•as.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- a water pipe with a long easily bent tube by which the smoke is drawn through a jar of water and thus cooled.
hook•ah
(hŏŏk′ə),USA pronunciation n.
- a tobacco pipe of Near Eastern origin with a long, flexible tube by which the smoke is drawn through a jar of water and thus cooled.
- Arabic ḥuqqah box, vase, pipe for smoking
- 1755–65
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hookah, hooka /ˈhʊkə/ n
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