cigarette

or cig·a·ret

[ sig-uh-ret, sig-uh-ret ]

/ ˌsɪg əˈrɛt, ˈsɪg əˌrɛt /

noun

a cylindrical roll of finely cut tobacco cured for smoking, considerably smaller than most cigars and usually wrapped in thin white paper.

Nearby words

cig, cigar, cigar flower, cigar store, cigar-store indian, cigarette, cigarette beetle, cigarette card, cigarette drain, cigarette end, cigarette girl

Origin of cigarette

1820–30; < French, equivalent to cigare cigar + -ette -ette

Related forms

an·ti·cig·a·rette, adjective

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Examples from the Web for cigaret

Begging a cigaret from the native beauty, he lighted it and gave it three puffs.
Triple Spies|Roy J. Snell
I obeyed, and was astounded to observe Auddy in the act of exhaling rings of cigaret smoke.
Autobiography of a YOGI|Paramhansa Yogananda
He had been buying a cigaret case for Marion when the thought came to him.
Dangerous Days|Mary Roberts Rinehart
He heard the Officer of the Day comin and stuck his cigaret but in an oat bag.
"That's me all over, Mable"|Edward Streeter

Steinhart reached for a cigaret and then stopped, remembering that Kimball had had to give them up because of the flight.
The Hills of Home|Alfred Coppel

British Dictionary definitions for cigaret

cigarette

sometimes US cigaret

/ (ˌsɪɡəˈrɛt) /

noun

a short tightly rolled cylinder of tobacco, wrapped in thin paper and often having a filter tip, for smokingShortened forms: cig, ciggy

Word Origin for cigarette

C19: from French, literally: a little cigar

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