narghile n an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water Usage(s) Upper-class Arab women cross westward for Pilates classes or to go shopping, and Israelis venture into the Old City for tasty hummus and a puff on a narghile. Synonym(s) hookah nargileh sheesha shisha chicha calean kalian water pipe hubble-bubble hubbly-bubbly