
n.
- An uproar; a hubbub.
- See hookah.
[Reduplication and alteration of BUBBLE.]
| Dictionary: hub·ble-bub·ble |
| Wordsmith Words: hubble-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
| WordNet: hubble-bubble |
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
| hookah | |
| nargile | |
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