hubble-bubble

(hŭb'əl-bŭb'əl)
n.

1. An uproar; a hubbub.
2. See hookah.

[Reduplication and alteration of BUBBLE.]

(HUB-buhl-BUB-buhl)

noun
1. A form of hookah: a smoking device in which the smoke is passed through a bowl of water, making a bubbling noise, before being drawn through a long pipe.
2. Commotion, uproar, turmoil.

Etymology
Reduplication of the word bubble

-bubble

Usage
"A 32-year-old Bahraini man was engulfed in flames when his hubble-bubble pipe set his clothing ablaze." — Soman Baby; Man Burned in Hubble Bubble Pipe Fire Critical; Gulf Daily News (Bahrain); Feb 26, 2004.

"Gosh, it could almost be the hubble-bubble talk of the political and business hot spots of the nation." — Shelley Gare; Something Filthy About Being Rich; The Australian (Sydney); Jun 16, 2001.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water
  Synonyms: hookah, kalian, narghile, water pipe

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