Hubble-bubble

Pronunciation varies by accent · noun

Meaning

A bubbling sound..

Definitions by Sense

1. A bubbling sound.
2. A hookah.

Example Sentences

In India, the lower orders use a hookah or hubble bubble, which is made of a cocoa-nut shell well cleaned out, having a hole through the soft eye of the shell, and another on the opposite side, a little lower down, the first of which is used for the chauffoir, and the other to suck or draw the smoke from.

His favourite pipe is a huge hubble-bubble, which he will construct in a few minutes by inserting a small piece of Bamboo for a bowl obliquely into a large cylinder about six inches from the bottom containing water, through which the smoke passes to a long slender Bamboo tube.

I lighted a cigar, and Akong smoked his hubble-bubble, a small copy of the nargileh of the Turks.

[…] and then all at once the muttering bubbling noise made by Yussuf's pipe seemed to be coming from the old lawyer's parted lips, and the pipe, instead of justifying its name of “hubble-bubble,” kept on saying snorruk—snorruk, after the fashion of Mr. Burne.

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• hubble-bubbles
• hubble bubble

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