hubbly-bubbly

Bubbling smoking device

Hubbly-bubbly is a hookah or water pipe used for smoking flavored tobacco.

The name imitates the bubbling sound water makes as smoke passes through it.

The term is playful and informal, more common in British English and parts of Africa and the Middle East: We shared a hubbly-bubbly after dinner.

apparatus

hookah

Water-filtered smoking apparatus

mouthpiece · hose · stem · chamber · base · charcoal · coals · tongs · grommets · filtration

cultural

Middle Eastern

From Western Asia's cultural region

shisha bar · Turkish · Egyptian · Levantine · Cairo · Istanbul · Beirut · Damascus · souk · bazaar

smoking

tobacco

Dried smoking leaf

exhale · puffs · smoke · nicotine · herbal · clouds · rings · draw · session · flavor

social

lounge

Comfortable waiting room

chill · banter · sharing · passing · circle · conversation · nightlife · hangout · session · hospitality

Opposites
smoking device type

hubbly-bubblycigarette

Paper-wrapped tobacco cylinder

cigar · joint · pipe · vape · e-cigarette

sound/atmosphere quality

hubbly-bubblysilence

Total lack of sound

stillness · calm · quiet · tranquility · hush

Family

hubble-bubble, bubbly, bubble, bubbles, bubbled, bubbling

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG