cigar

noun

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

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The music video is a single shot of Welch in the back of a car, singing along in a suit, sporting shades and a cigar, both mocking and inhabiting the position of male dominance. Grace Byron, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2025 Sometimes a cigar isn’t really a cigar after all. Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025 How about a wry, cigar-chomping Satan? Keith Phipps, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025 Props and decor — like gold coins, dynamite and cigars — give the party that authentic western feel! Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 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 11 Nov. 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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