Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A compact roll of tobacco leaves prepared for smoking.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A cylindrical roll of tobacco for smoking, pointed at one end for insertion into the mouth and cut at the other for lighting. It is made of the leaves of the tobacco-plant divested of the stems and enveloped tightly in a wrapper of the same material. A cigar of tapering form, but not pointed at either end, is called a cheroot. Also written, improperly, segar.
Wiktionary
- n. Tobacco, rolled and wrapped with an outer covering of tobacco leaves, intended to be smoked.$
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A small roll of tobacco, used for smoking.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a roll of tobacco for smoking
Etymologies
- Spanish cigarro, possibly from Maya sik'ar, from sik, tobacco.
Examples
“In the Island of Cuba that which we call a cigar is called a _tabaco_ (a tobacco) and when it is required to discriminate between the manufactured and unmanufactured article it is called _tabaco torcido_, or rolled tobacco.”
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce
“He paused to help himself to a cigar from the box on the table and to light it with a steady and defiant hand.”
“Follow up with a fine cigar from the San Andres Valley and a good cup of Soconusco cafe.”
“I hope that you are not that type of person, Jeff, but I also hope that you can understand that sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Enough with the Ridiculous Hyperbole!
“I hope that you are not that type of person, Jeff, but I also hope that you can understand that sometimes a cigar is just acigar.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Enough with the Ridiculous Hyperbole!
“Boys, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, and you should get your minds out of the gutter.”
“Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. gordonminor Says:”
“Yes, the worst cheapest Cuban cigar is no better and possibly work than the finest Garcia y Vega.”
“Like the Austrian said, "Sometimes a cigar is merely a cigar.”
“You know ... sometimes a cigar is just a cigar ... but not in this case.”
Your Freudian Slip Is Showing...BBC America's Doctor Who Site
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘cigar’.
-
food collection
bread, peel, pot, chorizo, Filet, olive, fill, Phyllo, dough, bake, mat, pinot and 988 more...
-
Public List: Free Association
Read the top word on the list and add a word that you associate with it. The association may be semantic, etymological, structural, literary, personal, etc.
Rules:
1. In t...mounch, mensch, trench, war, harmony, guitar, cigar, bubblegum, baseball cards, shortstop, bear, chained and 72 more...
-
Things that smell better than they taste
See also Things that taste better than they smell.
coffee, gasoline, shampoo, petrol, paint, cut grass, baby, hair, mudflats, bicycle, coal, naphtha and 36 more...
bilby Cigar? Toss it in a can, it is so tragic. Oct 18, 2008
treeseed Have you ever had a bubblegum cigar? My favorite are the yellow banana flavored ones that sold for 5 cents when I was a kid. Feb 4, 2008
mollusque Guitars can be made from cigar boxes. See Free Associations. Feb 4, 2008