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ci·gar
(sĭ-gär′)n.
A compact roll of tobacco leaves prepared for smoking.
[Spanish cigarro, possibly from Maya sik'ar, from sik, tobacco.]
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cigar
(sɪˈɡɑː)n
(Recreational Drugs) a cylindrical roll of cured tobacco leaves, for smoking
[C18: from Spanish cigarro, perhaps from Mayan sicar to smoke]
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ci•gar
(sɪˈgɑr)n.
a cylindrical roll of tobacco cured for smoking, usu. wrapped in a tobacco leaf.
Idioms: no cigar, (said to indicate that an effort was not good enough.)
[1625–35; < Sp cigarro]
ci•gar′like`, adj.
pron: See police.
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cigar
- Comes from Spanish cigarro, from the Mayan verb sik'ar, "to smoke" or "smoking."See also related terms for smoking.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() cheroot - a cigar with both ends cut flat cigar butt - small part of a cigar that is left after smoking cigarillo - small cigar or cigarette wrapped in tobacco instead of paper claro - a cigar made with light-colored tobacco corona - a long cigar with blunt ends filler - the tobacco used to form the core of a cigar roll of tobacco, smoke - tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder |
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cigar
[sɪˈgɑːʳ]B. CPD cigar case N → cigarrera f
cigar holder N → boquilla f de puro
cigar lighter N (Aut) → encendedor m de puro
cigar holder N → boquilla f de puro
cigar lighter N (Aut) → encendedor m de puro
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
cigar
(siˈgaː) noun a roll of tobacco leaves for smoking. puro
cigarette (sigəˈret) , ((American) ˈsigəret) noun a tube of finely cut tobacco rolled in thin paper. cigarro
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cigar
→ cigarroMultilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
cigar
n. puro, H.A. tabaco.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
cigar
n puro, tabaco (esp. Carib)English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.