hookah

noun

hoo·​kah ˈhu̇-kə  ˈhü- 

: water pipe sense 2

Examples of hookah in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

Strike 10 is more like a bowling boulevard, with an expansive bar and food lounge, bowling lanes, mini lanes and billiards (the Hallandale Beach location also has an arcade and a hookah lounge). — Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 1 June 2026

Word History

Etymology

Arabic ḥuqqa bottle of a water pipe

First Known Use

1763, in the meaning defined above