Nargileh

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nargile \Nar"gile\, Nargileh \Nar"gi*leh\, n. [Per.
     n[=a]rgh[imac]l, prop., a cocoanut; prob. so called because
     first made of a cocoanut.]
     An apparatus for smoking tobacco. It has a long flexible
     tube, and the smoke is drawn through water. Also called
     {hoookah} and {water pipe}. Functionally similar to the


     {hubble-bubble}, a simplified form.
     [1913 Webster +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nargileh
       n : an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected
           to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing
           through water; "a bipolar world with the hookah and
           Turkish coffee versus hamburgers and Coca Cola" [syn: {hookah},
            {narghile}, {sheesha}, {shisha}, {chicha}, {calean}, {kalian},
            {water pipe}, {hubble-bubble}, {hubbly-bubbly}]