cigarette
noun
cig·a·rette
ˌsi-gə-ˈret 
ˈsi-gə-ˌret
variants
or less commonly cigaret
: a slender roll of cut tobacco enclosed in paper and meant to be smoked
also
: a similar roll of another substance (such as marijuana)
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It was destroyed by a cigarette fire a few years after its opening but reopened in 1937.
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Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
When Kirby smoked a cigarette, Corder would tell him to stop.
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This is not the age of celebrity crooners, career servants, cigarette holders, arrival on the 20th Century Limited, and bellhops delivering telegrams to the breakfast table.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 10 July 2025
Don sat across the kitchen table, smoke billowing from a cigarette in his hand, while his son shuffled through a stack of mail.
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Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
When Kirby smoked a cigarette, Corder would tell him to stop.
—Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 12 July 2025
This is not the age of celebrity crooners, career servants, cigarette holders, arrival on the 20th Century Limited, and bellhops delivering telegrams to the breakfast table.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 10 July 2025
Don sat across the kitchen table, smoke billowing from a cigarette in his hand, while his son shuffled through a stack of mail.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 10 July 2025
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“Cigarette.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cigarette. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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cigarette
noun
cig·a·rette
ˌsig-ə-ˈret
ˈsig-ə-ˌret
: a small roll of cut tobacco wrapped in paper for smoking
Etymology
from French cigarette, literally, "little cigar"
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