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hookah

noun
hoo·​kah | \ ˈhu̇-kÉ™ How to pronounce hookah (audio) , ˈhü- How to pronounce hookah (audio) \

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Earlier this week, Woods was captured in footage by TMZ smoking hookah and dancing near the Rockets point guard at a busy Houston bar. Ashley Boucher, PEOPLE.com, "Kylie Jenner Unfollows Jordyn Woods on Instagram 5 Months After Tristan Thompson Cheating Scandal," 26 July 2019 The beat is rather muted, mostly radio-friendly clap hits with bassy bits here and there that give off hookah bar vibes. Kat Bein, Billboard, "Beyonce's Major Lazer Collab With Shatta Wale From 'Lion King' Album Is 'Already' Here: Listen," 19 July 2019 The Hill bill was changed to exempt hookah products and some flavors that are commonly used in cigars and pipes, including menthol. Patrick Mcgreevy, latimes.com, "Health groups say a new California bill on e-cigarettes does the bidding of Big Tobacco," 8 July 2019 Instead of giving away free drinks to gamblers, Chicago’s new casino and others across the state should have servers carrying large hookahs filled with primo, mind-bending herbage. Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com, "Illinois should mix marijuana and gambling to maximize profits: "High, from Chicago's casino!"," 5 June 2019 The building, located on the corner of Elm and Ninth streets, has the words culture, hookah, music, food, tea and coffee printed on the windows, visible from outside. Briana Rice, Cincinnati.com, "Next up for Black Owned clothing store? A coffee shop Downtown," 19 July 2019 City Attorney Jeff Kirkpatrick says the difficulty will be drafting a law that allows the hookah lounge to serve non-alcoholic beverages. USA TODAY, "Retired monkeys, freeze-dried blood, ‘Hidden Figures Way’: News from around our 50 states," 14 June 2019 Elmi took a hookah out of a bag and then managed to light the pipe despite an approaching thunderstorm. Molly Korzenowski, Twin Cities, "Charges: Minneapolis man accidentally burned down park pavilion with discarded hookah coals," 5 June 2019 Prosecutors have charged a Minneapolis man with carelessly disposing of embers from a hookah and accidentally causing the fire that destroyed a historic pavilion on a city lake. Nadia Drake, National Geographic, "An interstellar meteor may have slammed into Earth," 16 Apr. 2019

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First Known Use of hookah

1763, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for hookah

Arabic ḥuqqa bottle of a water pipe

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