cigar

noun

ci·​gar si-ˈgär 

: a small roll of tobacco leaf for smoking

Examples of cigar in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The meal features five courses, five beers and three cigars for $125. —Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2024

With long, beaded braids, the pop diva holds a smoky cigar in her right hand, holds her chest with her left hand and poses in the nude, with just a sash covering her up. —Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024

The smoking gun is turning out to be an exploding cigar. —Robin Abcarian, The Mercury News, 29 Feb. 2024

The property has a 12,000-seat practice facility also used by high school teams and 19 restaurants, a hotel, a cigar bar, a spa and multiple shops. —Jeff Fedotin, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024

The on-site humidor houses more than 500 premium and ultra-premium cigars, which allows Ash & Barrel to serve an array of tastes from the sophisticated to the novice cigar connoisseur. —Ebony L. Morman, Charlotte Observer, 1 Feb. 2024

Imagine the world’s wealthiest woman strolling down Wall Street sporting an all-black outfit, including a veil, and smoking cheap cigars with a group of reporters in tow. —Bywill Daniel, Fortune, 17 Mar. 2024

John Waters chatted with Jodie Foster, J.J. Abrams mingled with his agent, CAA’s Maha Dakhil, while Bill Maher chomped on a cigar. —Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2024

While the Chiefs had plenty going on in the locker room following last year’s Super Bowl win over the Philadelphia Eagles, there wasn’t much in the way of cigars. —Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 15 Feb. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Spanish cigarro

First Known Use

1730, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing cigar

• close but no cigar

Kids Definition

cigar

noun

ci·​gar sig-ˈär 

: a roll of tobacco leaf for smoking