Cigar Noun - Definition, Pictures, Pronunciation And Usage Notes

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Definition of cigar noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cigar noun  /sɪˈɡɑː(r)/  /sɪˈɡɑːr/Idioms jump to other results

1. a roll of dried tobacco leaves that people smoke, like a cigarette but bigger and without paper around it
   • cigar smoke
   Extra Examples
   • He paused and drew on his cigar.
   • Her thin cigar burned quite quickly.
   • His cigar glowed in the darkened room.
   • They left the men to their port and cigars.
   Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
   • fat
   • expensive
   • cheap
   • …
   … of cigars
   • box
   verb + cigar
   • smoke
   • draw on
   • pull on
   • …
   cigar + verb
   • burn
   • glow
   cigar + noun
   • ash
   • smoke
   • butt
   • …
   See full entryWord Originearly 18th cent.: from French cigare, or from Spanish cigarro, probably from Mayan sik'ar ‘smoking’. Mayan is a language spoken in parts of Mexico and Central America.

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Idioms close, but no cigar

1. (informal) used to tell somebody that their attempt or guess was almost but not quite successfulTopics Doubt, guessing and certaintyc2, Difficulty and failurec2

See cigar in the Oxford Advanced American DictionaryCheck pronunciation: cigar

Nearby words

• -cide combining form
• cider noun
• cigar noun
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