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Cigarette Smoking Noun ˌsɪɡəˈret ˈsɪɡəret Smoke/Have Decrease Packet

Word3 cigarette
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /ˌsɪɡəˈret/ /ˈsɪɡəret/
Example
  • to smoke/have a cigarette
  • a decrease in cigarette smoking
  • a packet of cigarettes
  • a pack of cigarettes
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cigarette

(noun)/ˌsɪɡəˈret/ /ˈsɪɡəret/
  1. a thin tube of paper filled with tobacco, for smoking
    • SEE ALSO e-cigarette
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/e-cigarette
    • to smoke/have a cigarette
    • a decrease in cigarette smoking
    • a packet of cigarettes
    • a pack of cigarettes
    • to light a cigarette
    • the smell of cigarette smoke
    • There were three cigarette butts in the ashtray.
    • The man stubbed out his cigarette and lit a new one.

    Extra Examples

    • A cigarette dangled from his lips.
    • He accidentally dropped a lighted cigarette on the chair.
    • He drew on his cigarette and waited for the train.
    • He was sitting on the bench taking a cigarette break.
    • He'd bummed a cigarette from someone.
    • Please extinguish all cigarettes now.
    • Posters advertising cigarettes have to carry government health warnings.
    • She rolls her own cigarettes.
    • She slipped outside for an illicit cigarette.
    • She smokes a pack/packet of cigarettes a day.
    • The cigarette burned slowly in the ashtray.
    • The cigarettes glowed in the dark.
    • The old man flicked his cigarette onto the roadside.
    • carelessly throwing a lighted cigarette in the litter bin
    • the smell of stale cigarette smoke

    Word Origin

    • mid 19th cent.: from French, diminutive of cigare, probably from Mayan sik'ar ‘smoking’. Mayan is a language spoken in parts of Mexico and Central America.
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