cigar

noun

ci·​gar si-ˈgär How to pronounce cigar (audio)
: a small roll of tobacco leaf for smoking

Examples of cigar in a Sentence

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So Raul proceeds to hand me a martini, a cigar, and starts playing Dean Martin albums. Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 9 Dec. 2025 Restropo marks the darkness of those times with a massive, complex cartoon depicting a cigar-smoking drug lord and carnivorous hippos in a bright, fantastical jungle. Jane Wooldridge, Miami Herald, 7 Dec. 2025 The bill would have allowed taverns to sell cigars and pipe tobacco, which could then be smoked on the bar's premises. Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 5 Dec. 2025 Tuck in the sides of the leaf, and roll tightly into a cigar shape. Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cigar

Word History

Etymology

Spanish cigarro

First Known Use

1730, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cigar was in 1730

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“Cigar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cigar. Accessed 14 Dec. 2025.

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cigar

noun
ci·​gar sig-ˈär How to pronounce cigar (audio)
: a roll of tobacco leaf for smoking

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