cigar

[ si-gahr ]

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.

cigar

/ sɪˈɡɑː /

noun

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

Other Words From

• ci·garless adjective
• ci·garlike adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of cigar¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of cigar¹

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

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

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.

Example Sentences

GREAT VALUEGuillermo de Mendoza Malbec Reserve 2018Spicy and fruity in the New World-style, this malbec impresses with tart cherry and blueberry flavors, followed by a hint of cigar box and earth.

From Washington Post

The charges range from accepting cigars and Champagne from businessmen in exchange for favors to helping media houses that showered him with positive coverage.

From Ozy

“It has those gags that are so iconic — like the screaming baseball, the conga line around the bases, the Gas-House Gorillas smoking cigars,” he said.

From Washington Post

Before you get out the cigars, take a peek at the past two weeks.

From Fortune

A man who wrestled his puppy from an alligator’s jaws without dropping his cigar has been hailed a hero after footage of the encounter circulated widely online.

From Washington Post

They saw him in his 30s, sporting a huge Afro and smoking a big cigar on The Dick Cavett Show.

From The Daily Beast

Calloway later posted an Instagram shot with the bottle and a cigar to thank him.

From The Daily Beast

And he smiled and touched his cigar and his hat and finally patted the girl who worked nights on the bottom.

From The Daily Beast

So rich and delicious, so dark and layered with coffee and hazelnuts, toffee, orange peel, cigar box.

From The Daily Beast

Also happy to get some fresh air (and a huge, aromatic cigar at a safe distance from the barn).

From The Daily Beast

The young men gathered round him and offered him a cigar, which he accepted and began to smoke.

From Project Gutenberg

Young Lamb's big cigar has been out long ago; but he pulls hard at it, wholly unaware of the fact.

From Project Gutenberg

The perspiration stands on young Lamb's face; again his cigar goes out.

From Project Gutenberg

Approaching a native hut to ask for a piece of charcoal wherewith to light a cigar, he happened to look inside.

From Project Gutenberg

He drew up the rocker, hoisted his slippered feet on the rail, and proceeded to smoke a cigar.

From Project Gutenberg