cigar

noun

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

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After the Bay of Pigs, the CIA tried to hatch more plots to overthrow Castro that included poisoning his cigar, among other implausible ideas. CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026 Burning marijuana scent blown away by the old-school cool of the cigars, Ferraris and Miami Vice threads of the Florida Panthers arriving at loanDepot Park. David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2026 At one point, Smith reaches into the back of the cart and produces a plastic baggy of cigars and offers me one. Sam Kestenbaum, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2026 Current rules still allow only cigar bars that were already in operation in 2009, when legislation banning indoor smoking was passed. Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 31 Dec. 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 4 Jan. 2026.

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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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