hubble-bubble

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
hubble-bubble
    n 1: an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube
         connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by
         passing through water; "a bipolar world with the hookah and
         Turkish coffee versus hamburgers and Coca Cola" [syn:
         {hookah}, {narghile}, {nargileh}, {sheesha}, {shisha},
         {chicha}, {calean}, {kalian}, {water pipe}, {hubble-
         bubble}, {hubbly-bubbly}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hubble-bubble \Hub"ble-bub`ble\, n.
   A tobacco pipe, so arranged that the smoke passes through
   water, making a bubbling noise, whence its name. In India,
   the bulb containing the water is often a cocoanut shell. It
   is a simple type of {hookah}.
   [1913 Webster] Hubble Telescope
    

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