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Definition of Chicha
1. Noun. An oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water. "A bipolar world with the hookah and Turkish coffee versus hamburgers and Coca Cola"
Generic synonyms: Pipe, Tobacco Pipe
Definition of Chicha
1. n. See Chica.
Definition of Chicha
1. Noun. A fermented beverage, most commonly made from maize, grapes or apples. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chicha
1. a type of dye [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chicha
Literary usage of Chicha
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1876)
"They return at night without any burden ; we must carry roots to eat, maize for
their chicha. Our husbands when they reach home, go talk with their ..."
2. Narrative of a Journey Across the Cordillera of the Andes, and of a by Robert Proctor (1825)
"I had observed to-day that many of the cottages had boughs hung up at the doors
as a sign to travellers that chicha was sold in the rancho. ..."
3. Beverages, past and present v. 2: An Historical Sketch of Their Production by Edward Randolph Emerson (1908)
"But Venezuela chicha is not the chicha of elsewhere, for here it is made of two
... Strangers at first do not like this chicha, but after a few trials, ..."
4. Travels in Various Parts of Peru: Including a Year's Residence in Potosi by Edmond Temple (1830)
"chicha. —Certain prejudices.—Scene in a Dormitory.—Bloom of youth and decrepitude
of age.—A splendid and imposing scene at sunrise. ..."
5. Travels in Peru During the Years 1838-1842: On the Coast, in the Sierra by Johann Jakob von Tschudi (1847)
"... the Indians in various Handicrafts—Excess of Brandy-Drinking—chicha—Disgusting
mode of making it—Festivals of Saints—Dances and Bull-Fights—Celebration ..."
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