Definitions

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

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Examples

  • Many majlises have been exchanged with the imported culture of coffee houses that serve tobacco called sheesha or hubbly-bubbly.

    Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi: How Urbanisation Is Changing Emirati Identity Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi 2011

  • We are in a low energy mood, so a few games of backgammon over a sheesha is the perfect afternoon activity.

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

  • "We have sought an explanation from them … the 'sheesha' materials have been referred to the Forensic Science Laboratory for analysis.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2009

  • After eating grape leaves and smoking apple sheesha at the Souq market, we headed back towards the Corniche, a lovely strip of road along the Gulf where most of the street celebration happened.

    Anne Peterson: What 2022 Means to Qatar Anne Peterson 2010

  • After eating grape leaves and smoking apple sheesha at the Souq market, we headed back towards the Corniche, a lovely strip of road along the Gulf where most of the street celebration happened.

    Anne Peterson: What 2022 Means to Qatar Anne Peterson 2010

  • After eating grape leaves and smoking apple sheesha at the Souq market, we headed back towards the Corniche, a lovely strip of road along the Gulf where most of the street celebration happened.

    Anne Peterson: What 2022 Means to Qatar Anne Peterson 2010

  • AMOS: A few tables away, 20-year-old Rolan Alakel, bareheaded, checking her Facebook account and smoking sheesha, the traditional water pipe, was surprised by the government ban.

    In Syria, Ban On Veil Raises Few Eyebrows 2010

  • After eating grape leaves and smoking apple sheesha at the Souq market, we headed back towards the Corniche, a lovely strip of road along the Gulf where most of the street celebration happened.

    Anne Peterson: What 2022 Means to Qatar Anne Peterson 2010

  • After eating grape leaves and smoking apple sheesha at the Souq market, we headed back towards the Corniche, a lovely strip of road along the Gulf where most of the street celebration happened.

    Anne Peterson: What 2022 Means to Qatar Anne Peterson 2010

  • This week I spoke on Good Morning America about the dangers of hookah smoking (also called waterpipe, shisha (sheesha), goza, or hubble bubble) for teens.

    Sweet temptation: Getting kids hooked on lollipop flavors 2009

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