noun
cigarette
SIG-uh-ret/ˈsɪɡəret/
A small roll of cut tobacco wrapped in paper for smoking.
The unlit cigarette has a white paper body and tan filter.
Etymology
Cigare plus the diminutive ending gives “little cigar.” The name came to designate finely cut tobacco in a small wrapper, typically paper, rather than a roll made entirely of tobacco leaves.
In context
the cigarette he smokes for enjoyment real deep down smoking enjoyment
More examples
- She put out the cigarette before leaving.
- The empty package had held twenty cigarettes.
- The museum displayed an old cigarette case.
Forms
cigarette · cigarettes
Similar words
- cigar
- A larger tobacco roll with a tobacco-leaf wrapper.