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  1. n. An Arabic water-pipe, or hookah.
  2. n. The tobacco smoked in such a pipe, especially as mixed with molasses and flavour extract.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water

Examples

  • “Regulars came daily and played cards or backgammon, while drinking coffee and smoking argile- otherwise known as shisha, or hookah.”

    Voice of America: Beirut Bids Farewell to Iconic Cafe

  • “Just last month my 15-year-old son, Daniel, mentioned that some of his friends were smoking hookahs (also known as shisha, narghile, goza, and hubble bubble).”

    Consumer Reports: The hook in hookahs

  • “Just last month my 15-year-old son, Daniel, mentioned that some of his friends were smoking hookahs also known as shisha, narghile, goza, and hubble bubble.”

    Consumer Reports: The hook in hookahs

  • “The ornate glass and metal water pipes are used for smoking an aromatic blend of tobacco, molasses and fruit known as shisha.”

    NYT > Global Home

  • “Smoking large water pipes called shisha, usually with bowls of flavored tobacco, is a longstanding pastime here.”

    Reason Magazine

  • “Suhai (Sam) Shelleh of Milwaukee smokes flavored tobacco in a "shisha" or waterpipe.”

    JSOnline.com

  • “A typical hour-long 'shisha' session involves inhaling 100 to 200 times the volume of smoke inhaled when smoking a cigarette.”

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  • “I spent a lot of time in Dubai and some other places in the Middle East and while I was there, I'd go to some of these 'shisha' cafes," he said, referring to the flavored tobacco that is smoked in a hookah.”

    Local News from Tuscaloosa News

  • “Use of other forms of tobacco, such as shisha and smokeless tobacco, is also increasing among women in many countries, particularly in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.”

    WN.com - Articles related to Preventing Tobacco Addiction Among Our Women

  • “The law covers cigarettes and cigars, as well as traditional 'shisha' water pipes.”

    Spero News

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