HUBBLE-BUBBLE
Dictionary entry overview: What does hubble-bubble mean? • HUBBLE-BUBBLE (noun)
The noun HUBBLE-BUBBLE has 1 sense:
1. an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water
Familiarity information: HUBBLE-BUBBLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HUBBLE-BUBBLE (noun)
Meaning:
An oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
calean; shisha; sheesha; nargileh; narghile; kalian; hubbly-bubbly; hubble-bubble; hookah; chicha; water pipe
Context example:
a bipolar world with the hookah and Turkish coffee versus hamburgers and Coca Cola
Hypernyms ("hubble-bubble" is a kind of...):
pipe; tobacco pipe (a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco)
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