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Hooka vs Hookah - What's the difference?

hooka | hookah |

Hookah is a alternative form of hooka.



As nouns the difference between hooka and hookah

is that hooka is an alternative spelling of lang=en while hookah is a pipe with a long flexible tube that draws the smoke through water, traditionally used for smoking tobacco, which is often flavored.

hooka

English

Noun

(en noun)

    • hookah

    English

    (wikipedia hookah)

    Alternative forms

    * hukkah * hooka

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A pipe with a long flexible tube that draws the smoke through water, traditionally used for smoking tobacco, which is often flavored.
  • * 1831 , The Mirror of Literature, Amusement and Instruction :
    • In India, the lower orders use a hookah or hubble bubble, which is made of a cocoa-nut shell well cleaned out, having a hole through the soft eye of the shell, and another on the opposite side, a little lower down, the first of which is used for the chauffoir, and the other to suck or draw the smoke from.
  • * 1954 , Alexander Alderson, The Subtle Minotaur , chapter 18:
    • The lounge was furnished in old English oak and big Knole settees. There were rugs from Tabriz and Kerman on the highly polished floor. A table lamp was fashioned from a silver Egyptian hookah .
  • * 1960 , , To Kill a Mockingbird , chapter 9:
    • When Uncle Jack caught me, he kept me laughing about a preacher who hated going to church so much that every day he stood at his gate in his dressing-gown, smoking a hookah and delivering five-minute sermons to any passers-by who desired spiritual comfort.

    Synonyms

    * waterpipe * hubble-bubble * hubbly bubbly * narghile * shisha