Definitions for hubble-bubble

hubble-bubble hub·ble-bub·ble

Spelling: [huhb-uh l-buhb-uh l]
IPA: /ˈhʌb əlˌbʌb əl/

Hubble-Bubble is a 13 letter English word.

You can make 79 anagrams from letters in hubble-bubble (-bbbbbeehlluu).

Definitions for hubble-bubble

noun

  1. a simple form of the hookah, in which the smoke passes through water, causing a bubbling sound.
  2. a bubbling sound.
  3. an uproar; turmoil.

Origin of hubble-bubble

First recorded in 1625-35; rhyming compound based on bubble

Examples for hubble-bubble

His inseparable companions were a hubble-bubble at his left, and a sitar on his lap; and from his throat flowed song unceasing.

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

As he spoke one of the men aft handed the stem of the hubble-bubble to his companion and came running forward.

Dr. Jackal was sitting with his hind legs crossed, and smoking a hubble-bubble.

The women are in the habit of enjoying the hubble-bubble, in groups, in a similar manner.

Again there was a long period of stillness, broken only by the hubble-bubble.

The hubble-bubble passed from mouth to mouth, and the crew whiled away the evening hours with their monotonous chants.

There he was still, sitting in his den and smoking a hubble-bubble.

hubble-bubble, hub′l-bub′l, n. an East Indian tobacco-pipe, in which the smoke is drawn through water with a bubbling sound.

Two teenage brothers apparently lit a campfire, smoked a nargillah—a hubble-bubble—and went home.

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