Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun An apparatus for smoking tobacco. It has a long flexible tube, and the smoke is drawn through water. Also called hoookah and water pipe. Functionally similar to the hubble-bubble, a simplified form.

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  • noun Alternative form of narghile.

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Examples

  • On a Thursday evening in February, men and women — tourists, students, and middle-aged residents — enjoyed the elegant charms of the nargile along with their tiny cups of tea.

    Turkish Smoke-Out 2009

  • On a Thursday evening in February, men and women — tourists, students, and middle-aged residents — enjoyed the elegant charms of the nargile along with their tiny cups of tea.

    Turkish Smoke-Out 2009

  • Istanbullus fear the ban will destroy vital mainstays of the Turkish community — specifically, the nargile (water-pipe) cafés and the teahouses.

    Turkish Smoke-Out 2009

  • Istanbullus fear the ban will destroy vital mainstays of the Turkish community — specifically, the nargile (water-pipe) cafés and the teahouses.

    Turkish Smoke-Out 2009

  • This means that nargile cafés with no outdoor seating will likely shut down, diminishing a tourist attraction on par with the Hagia Sofia and the döner kebab.

    Turkish Smoke-Out 2009

  • Istanbullus fear the ban will destroy vital mainstays of the Turkish community — specifically, the nargile (water-pipe) cafés and the teahouses.

    Turkish Smoke-Out 2009

  • This means that nargile cafés with no outdoor seating will likely shut down, diminishing a tourist attraction on par with the Hagia Sofia and the döner kebab.

    Turkish Smoke-Out 2009

  • On a Thursday evening in February, men and women — tourists, students, and middle-aged residents — enjoyed the elegant charms of the nargile along with their tiny cups of tea.

    Turkish Smoke-Out 2009

  • This means that nargile cafés with no outdoor seating will likely shut down, diminishing a tourist attraction on par with the Hagia Sofia and the döner kebab.

    Turkish Smoke-Out 2009

  • Like, Amouage is nervously smoking nargile in the corner :

    Perfume Review: Arabian Oud King Fahed Marina Geigert 2008

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