cigarette
cigarette
Definition
ciga·rette (sig′ə ret′, sig′ə ret′)
noun
a small roll of finely cut tobacco wrapped in thin paper for smoking and usually having a filter tip
Etymology: Fr dim. of cigare, cigar < Sp cigarro: see cigar
cigarette
Synonyms
cigarette
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- smuggle: Most smuggled cigarettes have never had duty paid in any country and are smuggled by diversion from the transit trade.
- smoke: Women who smoke 20 cigarettes a day are four times more likely to develop breast cancer.
- discard: The bedroom was severely damaged by the fire which was caused by a discarded cigarette.
- smolder: No movie star was seen without a smoldering cigarette in his hand.
Adjective modifier
- counterfeit: More than 41 million packets of counterfeit cigarettes were seized in 2004, a rise of 25 per cent over the previous year.
- contraband: Finally, contraband cigarettes that are intercepted by customs have then to be replaced creating yet more sales.
- lighted: They put lighted cigarettes on cushions to see how they burn them.
- hand-rolled: Mr Jones, 37, was arrested for smoking a hand-rolled cigarette containing cannabis outside No 10 Downing Street last month.
- manufactured: Recommendations: A policy of further tar reductions in manufactured cigarettes should be pursued without compromising the message of the importance of not smoking.
Modifies a noun
- butt: Cigarette butts get put in your pocket or in a bag NOT on the ground or in the water.
- smuggling: Table 3 shows high levels of cigarette smuggling in the south of Europe rather than the north.
- smoke: Cigarette smoke causes the muscle around the walls of the airways to tighten, making them narrower.
- smoking: Fasting includes no eating, drinking, cigarette smoking, or gum chewing.
- lighter: Make sure cigarette lighters are set to ' low ' or the flame can catch clothes or hair or burn you.
- smoker: A cigarette smoker has two to three times the risk of having a heart attack than a non-smoker.
Noun used with modifier
- low-tar: They always look faintly bored as they recline with their polystyrene cups of coffee and low-tar cigarettes.
- tar: As a result some highly dangerous forms of lung cancer actually appear to be higher in smokers of low tar cigarettes.
- menthol: Q: Is it healthier to smoke ' lite ' or menthol cigarettes rather than regular ones?
- marijuana: It could be because that worker had a marijuana cigarette over lunch.
- smoking: I stopped smoking cigarettes almost exactly four years ago.
cigarette Quotes
A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied.What more can one want?
