chicha

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water

Borrowed from Spanish chicha, from Kuna chichab (“corn”).

--¿Dígame, que es la chicha? — The Spanish American Reader, Ernesto Nelson
I see!’ impetuously exclaimed Don Pedro, spilling his chicha upon his silvery ruffles. — Moby Dick; Or, The Whale, Herman Melville

hookah, narghile, nargileh, sheesha, shisha, calean, kalian, water pipe, hubble-bubble, hubbly-bubbly

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