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Definition of cigar in English: cigarnoun sɪˈɡɑːsəˈɡɑr A cylinder of tobacco rolled in tobacco leaves for smoking. Example sentencesExamples - Basically all this man ever did was sit in a big black recliner and smoke cigars.
- Then he started smoking his cigars, so Mum and I found ourselves another carriage to occupy.
- For those of us who smoke cigars, it is very tempting to have one in the mouth as you play the game.
- Frost lifts a fat cigar from the ashtray, and enquires politely if I mind.
- She smelt a foul smell of cigars and cigarettes, and suddenly she wanted to move away.
- I plan on enjoying a nice glass of bourbon and a Cuban cigar while the results roll in.
- He smokes two Cuban cigars every day and makes no apologies for it.
- He was pulling away from a couple of golfers who were smoking cigars and looked familiar.
- It tasted awful, but then smoking a cigar is never as pleasant as smelling it in the air.
- Not being able to smoke a nice cigar with my friends at a local pub is rather irritating.
- They each had a glass of alcohol sitting beside them and Jamie was smoking a cigar.
- He said that no staff member works at his cigar bar unless he or she likes to smoke cigars, as well.
- There, he sat on his deck smoking cigars and watching the eagles roost in the trees.
- Do you all sit around a big table drinking expensive brandy and smoking massive cigars?
- The smoke from their cigars burned the inside of her nose as she quickly walked past them.
- It is the only isolated area in the restaurant but you can still have a chat with people while smoking cigars together.
- The pleasure of dinner at the Ivy was dulled by smoke from a fat cigar.
- They smoke pipes, whereas Bertie Wooster and his friends smoke cigars or cigarettes.
- There is the moody Macanudo Fumoir for those who like to smoke cigars, and the buzzy Claridge's bar for those who like to drink.
- Some cigarette smokers, particularly men, switch to smoking cigars or pipes as a means of giving up cigarettes.
Phrases informal (of an attempt) almost but not quite successful. they didn't catch him in the car—close but no cigar Example sentencesExamples - These fall into the ‘close but no cigar’ category.
- Despite demographic changes, all signs are that it will be another case of close but no cigar.
- It's a worthy effort: close but no cigar.
- ‘Close, but no cigar’ is a cliché, but it helps comfort those of us who don't always emerge victorious.
Origin Early 18th century: from French cigare, or from Spanish cigarro, probably from Mayan sik'ar 'smoking'. Cigar is from French cigare, or from Spanish cigarro, probably from Mayan sik'ar ‘smoking’. Mid 19th-century cigarette ‘little cigar’ was also adopted from French. The abbreviation ciggy dates from the 1960s.
Rhymes aargh, Accra, afar, ah, aha, aide-mémoire, ajar, Alcazar, are, Armagh, armoire, Artois, au revoir, baa, bah, bar, barre, bazaar, beaux-arts, Bekaa, bête noire, Bihar, bizarre, blah, Bogotá, Bonnard, bra, cafard, café noir, Calabar, car, Carr, Castlebar, catarrh, Changsha, char, charr, comme ci comme ça, commissar, coup d'état, de haut en bas, devoir, Dhofar, Directoire, Du Bois, Dumas, Dunbar, éclat, embarras de choix, escritoire, fah, famille noire, far, feu de joie, film noir, foie gras, Fra, galah, gar, guar, guitar, ha, hah, ha-ha, Halacha, hurrah, hussar, huzza, insofar, Invar, jar, je ne sais quoi, ka, kala-azar, Kandahar, khimar, Khorramshahr, knar, Krasnodar, Kwa, la-di-da, lah, Lehár, Loire, ma, mama, mamma, mar, Mardi Gras, ménage à trois, mirepoix, moire, nam pla, Navarre, noir, objet d'art, pa, pah, Panama, papa, par, Pará, Paraná, pas, pâté de foie gras, peau-de-soie, pietà, Pinot Noir, pooh-bah, poult-de-soie, pya, rah, registrar, Saar, Salazar, Sana'a, sang-froid, scar, schwa, Seychellois, shah, Shangri-La, shikar, ska, sol-fa, spa, spar, star, Starr, Stranraer, ta, tahr, tar, tartare, tata, tra-la, tsar, Twa, Villa, voilà, waratah, yah Definition of cigar in US English: cigarnounsəˈɡɑrsəˈɡär A cylinder of tobacco rolled in tobacco leaves for smoking. Example sentencesExamples - She smelt a foul smell of cigars and cigarettes, and suddenly she wanted to move away.
- Some cigarette smokers, particularly men, switch to smoking cigars or pipes as a means of giving up cigarettes.
- He smokes two Cuban cigars every day and makes no apologies for it.
- I plan on enjoying a nice glass of bourbon and a Cuban cigar while the results roll in.
- He was pulling away from a couple of golfers who were smoking cigars and looked familiar.
- Do you all sit around a big table drinking expensive brandy and smoking massive cigars?
- They each had a glass of alcohol sitting beside them and Jamie was smoking a cigar.
- It is the only isolated area in the restaurant but you can still have a chat with people while smoking cigars together.
- There, he sat on his deck smoking cigars and watching the eagles roost in the trees.
- For those of us who smoke cigars, it is very tempting to have one in the mouth as you play the game.
- It tasted awful, but then smoking a cigar is never as pleasant as smelling it in the air.
- The smoke from their cigars burned the inside of her nose as she quickly walked past them.
- Basically all this man ever did was sit in a big black recliner and smoke cigars.
- They smoke pipes, whereas Bertie Wooster and his friends smoke cigars or cigarettes.
- Not being able to smoke a nice cigar with my friends at a local pub is rather irritating.
- There is the moody Macanudo Fumoir for those who like to smoke cigars, and the buzzy Claridge's bar for those who like to drink.
- He said that no staff member works at his cigar bar unless he or she likes to smoke cigars, as well.
- The pleasure of dinner at the Ivy was dulled by smoke from a fat cigar.
- Frost lifts a fat cigar from the ashtray, and enquires politely if I mind.
- Then he started smoking his cigars, so Mum and I found ourselves another carriage to occupy.
Phrases informal (of an attempt) almost, but not quite successful. Example sentencesExamples - It's a worthy effort: close but no cigar.
- Despite demographic changes, all signs are that it will be another case of close but no cigar.
- ‘Close, but no cigar’ is a cliché, but it helps comfort those of us who don't always emerge victorious.
- These fall into the ‘close but no cigar’ category.
Origin Early 18th century: from French cigare, or from Spanish cigarro, probably from Mayan sik'ar ‘smoking’. |