Cigarette

/ˌsɪɡəˈrɛt/

Meaning & Definition

noun

A unit of tobacco consumption.

After quitting cigarettes, he felt healthier and more energetic.

A small cylinder of finely cut tobacco delivered in a paper-wrapped roll, designed to be smoked.

He stepped outside for a quick cigarette during the break.

A similar item filled with substances other than tobacco, often used in a similar manner.

She offered him a cigarette filled with herbal blends instead of nicotine.

From French 'cigarette', diminutive of 'cigare', from Spanish 'cigarrillo', from 'cigarro'.

light up a cigarette

To ignite a cigarette for smoking.

take a puff

To inhale smoke from a cigarette.

butt out

To extinguish a cigarette.

tobacco

A plant whose leaves are used to produce cigarettes and other products.

smoking

The act of inhaling and exhaling the smoke of burning tobacco.

nicotine

A stimulating and highly addictive psychoactive drug found in tobacco.

fag

He stepped outside for a fag.

butt

She flicked the butt of her cigarette onto the ground.

stogie

He enjoys smoking a stogie after dinner.