(n.) A pipe with a long, flexible stem, so arranged that the smoke is cooled by being made to pass through water.
Example Sentences:
(1) You can throw tarts at the Queen of Hearts, help the Caterpillar smoke his hookah pipe, make Alice grow as big as a house and then shrink again.
(2) Wasn’t it unbecoming of the man dubbed the new Terrence Malick to direct scenes with genial tokers discussing pioneering methods of joint construction , or hookah-puffing sex-pest wizards ?
(3) David Moyes was “not impressed” by newspaper pictures of Van Aanholt apparently smoking such a hookah at a central Newcastle shisha lounge this summer and has made it clear that he will not countenance any repeats.
(4) The tobacco smoking habits of male and female rural subjects using hookah were associated with increased Cd levels in hair and nails.
(5) What is more, hummus has not supplanted peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, hookahs have yet to be installed in congressional chambers, male elected officials continue shaving their facial hair, Egyptian soap operas and al-Jazeera have yet to replace Fox News and CNN, and the Iron Sheik , sadly, is still not the White House spokesman.
(6) In Alewa, turbaned men sit in groups smoking hookah pipes, buffalo are hosed off in the middle of stone-laid roads and dogs catch the mid-morning rays of an Indian winter sun.
(7) The Caterpillar will smoke his hookah in a new way when you tilt your iPad, or you can throw more pepper the second time around.
(8) The unit sent officers to infiltrate student groups, mosques, religious bookstores, hookah bars and any predominantly Muslim areas to spy on people.
(9) It's not just because the Tubino brothers keep their shop packed high with cannabis pipes, herb grinders and rolling paper – or because of the giant green hookah in the display window – that would-be customers are pouring in.
(10) An early job as a mail boy at an advertising agency (where, just like Mary Ann, I was required to raise the American flag every morning for my conservative boss) brought me into daily contact with a Mona-esque copywriter who declared herself "creative" by flaunting a hookah and a Victorian toilet in her office.
(11) His frustration, his alienation, blossomed into the caterpillar at the hookah and Humpty Dumpty and the Mad Hatter.
Sheesha
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) The effects of sheesha or cigarette smoking on pulmonary function values were examined in 441 and 154 male and female smokers respectively.
(2) VC, FEV1 and FVC mean values of male sheesha smokers were significantly lower than those of corresponding non-smokers with all pulmonary function measurements demonstrating a decline with age in sheesha smokers, particularly in the age group 20-49.
(3) The extent of the decline in pulmonary function measurements in young and middle aged female sheesha smokers (20-45 years) was not as pronounced as that of older female smokers.
(4) It is concluded that sheesha smoking as well as cigarette smoking, will produce similar harmful effects on the function of ventilatory capacity of both male and female subjects and increase the risk of developing obstructive airway disease, with sheesha smokers being at a greater risk.