hookah

noun

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

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He is also charged with capital murder and 17 counts of first-degree assault in the Sept. 21, 2024, mass shooting outside a hookah lounge in the popular Five Points South area, which resulted in four deaths and injured at least 17 others. Elizabeth Pritchett, Fox News, 26 Feb. 2025 General manager Nico Harrison did not like the behavior Dončić had expressed with the drinking beer and smoking hookah. Matt Robison, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025 What's next: Sheesh, an upscale hookah lounge in The Colony, is hosting a watch party on Feb. 20 to cheer on Ishtiaq. Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025 Another Jewish guy, Aba (Alan Rosenberg), hangs around the local hookah lounge, debating geopolitics and culinary customs with his Muslim friends. Judy Berman, TIME, 3 Feb. 2025 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 11 Mar. 2025.

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