cigar

[US]/sɪˈɡɑː(r)/
[UK]/sɪˈɡɑːr/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a rolled bundle of tobacco leaves, typically used for smoking.

Phrases & Collocations

smoke a cigar

cigar aficionado

cigar lounge

no cigar

Example Sentences

the atmosphere was unbreathable with cigar smoke.

This cigar does not draw well.

he blew cigar smoke in her face.

cigars happen to be my father's vice.

I like to smoke a big cigar every now and then.

He permitted himself three cigars a day.

He usually has a cigar vised in his teeth.

Sebastian fixed himself firmly in his clerkship in the cigar store.

I don’t smoke cigarettes but I like to smoke a cigar on occasion.

For a little cigar, a cheroot, if you please, he will escort you all over Paris.

A slow-burning match formerly used for lighting cigars;a fusee.

Kretek says its Djarum cigar products meet federal standards for cigars.

Jones, apparently feeling rather opulent that day, lit up a second cigar as soon as he had finished the first.

We entered a dark cavern redolent with manly scents —gun oil and cigar smoke and boot polish.

And it would define more tightly the terms cigarette, cigar, cigarillo, fine-cut tobacco and pipe tobacco in order to discourage the production of cross-over products.

Real-world Examples

We lit our cigars. I smoked in silence.

Source: The Moon and Sixpence (Condensed Version)

A man like Burt appreciates a good cigar.

Source: Modern Family - Season 05

I also like to buy a few cigars.

Source: Beijing Normal University Edition High School English (Compulsory 1)

I'm keeping my cigars today.you new girl.

Source: Selected Stories from "Wind and Rain on Harvard Road"

You didn't get my cigars, did you?

Source: Classic movies

There was not a single cigar in the box.

Source: Lai Shixiong Basic English Vocabulary 2000

You already threw away my cigars.

Source: Ugly Betty Season 1

It was driven by a well-dressed young man smoking a cigar.

Source: Tess of the d'Urbervilles (abridged version)

Right, well you can put that cigar away now we've finished.

Source: BBC Authentic English

Dad, why don't we go smoke the cigars we got, huh?

Source: Gossip Girl Selected

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