cigar

[ si-gahr ]
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noun
  1. a more or less cylindrical roll of tobacco cured for smoking, of any of various lengths, thicknesses, degrees of straightness, etc., usually wrapped in a tobacco leaf.

Idioms about cigar

  1. no cigar, Informal. not being a winning or successful effort, as if not good enough to earn a cigar as a prize: He made a good try at fielding the ball, but no cigar.

Origin of cigar

1
First recorded in 1625–35, cigar is from the Spanish word cigarro

Other words from cigar

  • ci·gar·less, adjective
  • ci·gar·like, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for cigar

cigar

/ (sɪˈɡɑː) /


noun
  1. a cylindrical roll of cured tobacco leaves, for smoking

Origin of cigar

1
C18: from Spanish cigarro, perhaps from Mayan sicar to smoke

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