Nargile \Nar"gile\, Nargileh \Nar"gi*leh\, n. [Per. n[=a]rgh[imac]l, prop., a cocoanut; prob. so called because first made of a cocoanut.] 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. [1913 Webster +PJC]