English Dictionary

HUBBLE-BUBBLE

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

IPA (US): 

 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 waterplay

  Familiarity information: HUBBLE-BUBBLE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HUBBLE-BUBBLE (noun)


Sense 1

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; chicha; hookah; hubble-bubble; hubbly-bubbly; kalian; narghile; nargileh; sheesha; shisha; 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)


 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"What goes up must come down." (English proverb)

"Talk of the devil - and the devil appears." (Bulgarian proverb)

"Many are the roads that do not lead to the heart." (Arabic proverb)

"After rain comes sunshine" (Dutch proverb)



ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:


© 2000-2023 AudioEnglish.org | AudioEnglish® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
Contact