Shisha is an English word with synonyms like hookah or pipe. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Shisha meaning
- An Arabic water-pipe, or hookah.
- The tobacco smoked in such a pipe, especially as mixed with molasses and flavour extract.
- A type of embroidery with small pieces of reflective metal attached to the fabric.
Synonyms of Shisha
Using Shisha
- The main meaning on this page is: An Arabic water-pipe, or hookah. | The tobacco smoked in such a pipe, especially as mixed with molasses and flavour extract. | A type of embroidery with small pieces of reflective metal attached to the fabric.
- Useful related words include: hookah, pipe, hubbly-bubbly, hubble-bubble.
- In the example corpus, shisha often appears in combinations such as: and shisha, the shisha, shisha is.
Context around Shisha
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 8 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shisha
- In this selection, "shisha" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, smoke, better, 1900s, bar, bars and qalyan stand out and add context to how "shisha" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a shisha bar has and and better shisha smoking experience. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shisha" sits close to words such as aarons, abra and accelerations, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shisha
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Remember, less ash higher heat, and better shisha smoking experience. (10 words)
Community draws link between racist violence and targeted raids on shisha bars that attract ethnic minority customers. (17 words)
Remember, the shisha world is changing, and staying informed and connected with industry experts is key to success. (18 words)
One of the driver who spoke to our correspondent at the popular Jabi garage, on condition of anonymity lamented that shisha cafés were gaining in popularity around the big cities in the country and government is doing as if nothing is happening. (42 words)
Magufuli has also banned the smoking of Shisha, and famously declared, that “no pregnant student will be allowed to return to school…” In Tanzania, it is an offense to “annoy” the government, but okay to rape young girls! (38 words)
Cllr Maria Lovell, portfolio holder for Women, Equalities and Community Safety said, ‘’The sale of illicit tobacco, vape pens and shisha is often linked to wider organised criminal activity, so we have good reason to be vigilant. (37 words)
Magufuli has also banned the smoking of Shisha, and famously declared, that “no pregnant student will be allowed to return to school…” In Tanzania, it is an offense to “annoy” the government, but okay to rape young girls! (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Known by different names — huqqa, sisah or shisha, qalyan, arjilah, nargil — depending on the region, the shisha has a long and illustrious history.
Cllr Maria Lovell, portfolio holder for Women, Equalities and Community Safety said, ‘’The sale of illicit tobacco, vape pens and shisha is often linked to wider organised criminal activity, so we have good reason to be vigilant.
On a summer evening, Iraqis smoke shisha and go bowling at a sprawling riverside complex in Baghdad, one of the many new investments reviving the capital after decades of turmoil.
One of the driver who spoke to our correspondent at the popular Jabi garage, on condition of anonymity lamented that shisha cafés were gaining in popularity around the big cities in the country and government is doing as if nothing is happening.
Remember, less ash higher heat, and better shisha smoking experience.
Remember, the shisha world is changing, and staying informed and connected with industry experts is key to success.
Shisha is covered by the UK smoking ban, meaning it is illegal to smoke the pipes inside cafes and bars.
The decision notice said: “Up until now, the Sunset Lounge has been presented up as a shisha bar, with amplified music and dancing in the promotional material.
THE owner of a shisha bar in Abbeyview that has never had permission to operate has apparently been able to trade for three months due to a planning quirk.
A shisha bar has been fined £10,000 after police body-cam footage captured hundreds of people crammed inside the venue.
By the late 1900s, shisha had migrated to virtually every continent as immigrants brought along with them a custom to share with their new home country.
Community draws link between racist violence and targeted raids on shisha bars that attract ethnic minority customers.
Family entertainment, cinemas, gyms, prayer rooms, changing rooms and shisha services will remain closed, as per the directive.
Several toxicants have been found in mainstream Shisha smoke including Nicotine, Carbon monoxide, Carcinogenic, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Aromatic Amines, Aldehyde Furanic and Phenolic compounds, Tar, Particulate matter, Heavy metals, and Ammonia.
Similar to the killings in the shisha bars, Oxner specifically sought out a place where he knew his victims were attending.
The other directives include the closure of all tea and shisha places with immediate effect, ban on all passenger boda-boda – limiting their operations to cargo services only.
As for shisha, an Algerian player was banned after a 2015 positive test for cocaine he said he accidentally consumed via a friend’s pipe.
Here in the warmth sit the shisha smokers with their water pipes, sucking down a choice of five tobaccos: double apple, mint, grape, lemon mint or grape mint.
It took like 30 seconds to set up, which is great considering how annoying it is to set up a real hookah with all the coals and shisha and tin foil.
Magufuli has also banned the smoking of Shisha, and famously declared, that “no pregnant student will be allowed to return to school…” In Tanzania, it is an offense to “annoy” the government, but okay to rape young girls!
Common combinations with shisha
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and shisha 6×
- the shisha 4×
- shisha is 3×
- shisha and 3×
- shisha bar 3×
- of shisha 3×
- shisha cafés 2×
- shisha smoking 2×
- shisha bars 2×
- for shisha 2×