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cigarette

SIG-uh-ret/ˈsɪ.ɡə.ɹɛt/

Pluralcigarettes

Verbcigarettes, cigaretting, cigaretted

2 meanings of cigarette

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  1. 1
    nouncountable
    A thin roll of paper filled with tobacco that people light and smoke.

    Like a thin paper tube packed with tobacco that you light at one end.

    He lit a cigarette and stared out the window.

    She bought a pack of cigarettes at the corner store.

    Similarsmoke

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  2. 2
    verbslangtransitive
    To hand someone a cigarette, or to light one for them.

    She cigaretted him as soon as he sat down at the bar.

    Could you cigarette me before we head out?

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Origin

It comes from French "cigarette," a small form of "cigare" (cigar), which came from Spanish "cigarro."