NICE TRY BUT NO CIGAR

Meaning of NICE TRY BUT NO CIGAR in English

close but no cigar, good and close but not correct; almost but not entirely successful; good but incorrect guess

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CIGAR — cigarre. ~CASE: cigarriere. ~HOLDER: porta-cigarre, cigarriero
English interlingue dictionary
CIGAR — tustus
English-Visayan vocabulary
CIGAR — noun Etymology: Spanish ~ro Date: 1730 a small roll of tobacco leaf for smoking
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CIGAR — Cylindrical roll of tobacco for smoking, consisting of cut tobacco filler formed in a binder leaf and with a wrapper …
Английский словарь Британика
TRY — I. ˈtrī verb ( tried ; tried ; trying ; tries ) Etymology: Middle English trien, from Anglo-French trier, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
NICE — I. ˈnīs adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, foolish, wanton, from Old French, simpleminded, stupid, from Latin nescius ignorant, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BUT — I. (ˈ)bət, usu -əd.+V conjunction Etymology: Middle English, conjunction & preposition, from Old English būtan, būte, conjunction & preposition, without, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CIGAR — noun also se·gar sə̇ˈgär, -gȧ(r sometimes ˈsiˌg-, chiefly substand ˈsēˌg- ( -s ) Etymology: Spanish cigarro, perhaps of Mayan origin; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NICE — (superl.) Pleasing; agreeable; gratifying; delightful; good; as, a nice party; a nice excursion; a nice person; a nice day; a …
Английский словарь Webster
NICE — (superl.) Done or made with careful labor; suited to excite admiration on account of exactness; evidencing great skill; exact; fine; …
Английский словарь Webster
CIGAR — (n.) A small roll of tobacco, used for smoking.
Английский словарь Webster
NICE — ( superl. ) Pleasing; agreeable; gratifying; delightful; good; as, a nice party; a nice excursion; a nice person; a nice …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
NICE — ( superl. ) Done or made with careful labor; suited to excite admiration on account of exactness; evidencing great skill; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CIGAR — ( n. ) A small roll of tobacco, used for smoking.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NO — no 1 /noh/ , adv., adj., n., pl. noes, nos , v. adv. 1. (a negative used to express dissent, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NICE — — nicely , adv. — niceness , n. /nuys/ , adj., nicer, nicest . 1. pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CIGAR — — cigarless , adj. — cigarlike , adj. /si gahr"/ , n. 1. a more or less cylindrical roll of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BUT — but 1 /but/ ; unstressed /beuht/ , conj. 1. on the contrary; yet: My brother went, but I did not. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CIGAR — n. large cylindrical roll of dried tobacco (for smoking)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TRY — I. ˈtrī verb ( tried ; try·ing ) Etymology: Middle English trien, from Anglo-French trier to select, sort, examine, determine, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NO — I. ˈnō adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nā, from ne not + ā always; akin to Old Norse …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NICE — adjective ( nic·er ; nic·est ) Etymology: Middle English, foolish, wanton, from Anglo-French, silly, simple, from Latin nescius ignorant, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CIGAR — noun Etymology: Spanish cigarro Date: 1730 : a small roll of tobacco leaf for smoking
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TRY — noun a screen, or sieve, for grain. 2. try ·vt refined; select; excellent; choice. 3. try ·noun act of trying; …
Webster English vocab
NICE — superl delicate; refined; dainty; pure. 2. nice ·superl of trifling moment; nimportant; trivial. 3. nice ·superl foolish; silly; simple; ignorant; …
Webster English vocab
CIGAR — noun a small roll of tobacco, used for smoking.
Webster English vocab
BUT — noun a limit; a boundary. 2. but ·vt a thrust in fencing. 3. but ·vi ·see butt, ·v, and abut, …
Webster English vocab
CIGAR — ■ noun a cylinder of tobacco rolled in tobacco leaves for smoking. Phrases close but no ~ N. Amer. informal …
Concise Oxford English vocab
TRY — [try] vb tried ; try.ing [ME trien, fr. AF trier, fr. OF, to pick out, sift, prob. fr. LL tritare …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NICE — [nice] adj nic.er ; nic.est [ME, foolish, wanton, fr. OF, fr. L nescius ignorant, fr. nescire not to know--more at …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CIGAR — [ci.gar] n [Sp cigarro] (1730): a small roll of tobacco leaf for smoking
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CIGAR — cylindrical roll of tobacco for smoking, consisting of cut tobacco filler formed in a binder leaf and with a wrapper …
Britannica English vocabulary
NICE — seaport city, Mediterranean tourist centre, and capital of Alpes-Maritimes dpartement, Provence-Alpes-Cte-d'Azur region, southeastern France. The city is located on the …
Britannica English vocabulary
CIGAR — cigar BrE AmE sɪ ˈɡɑː sə- AmE \ -ˈɡɑːr ▷ cigar|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TRY — / traɪ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( tries , try·ing , tried , tried ) 1. to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NO — / nəʊ; NAmE noʊ/ exclamation , determiner , adverb , noun ■ exclamation 1. used to give a negative reply …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NICE — / naɪs; NAmE / adjective ( nicer , nicest ) PLEASANT / ATTRACTIVE 1. nice (to do sth) | nice …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CIGAR — / sɪˈgɑː(r); NAmE / noun a roll of dried tobacco leaves that people smoke, like a cigarette but bigger and …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TRY — I. try 1 S1 W1 /traɪ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle tried , present participle trying …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NO — I. no 1 S1 W1 /nəʊ $ noʊ/ BrE AmE adverb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: na , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NICE — nice S1 W2 /naɪs/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: 'stupid' , from Latin …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CIGAR — ci ‧ gar /sɪˈɡɑː $ -ˈɡɑːr/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1700-1800 ; Language: Spanish ; Origin: cigarro , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BUT — I. but 1 S1 W1 /bət; strong bʌt/ BrE AmE conjunction [ Language: Old English ; Origin: butan 'outside, without, …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TRY — v. & n. --v. (-ies, -ied) 1 intr. make an effort with a view to success (often foll. by to …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NO — adv. & n. --adv. 1 equivalent to a negative sentence: the answer to your question is negative, your request or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NO — adj. 1 not any (there is no excuse; no circumstances could justify it; no two of them are alike). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NICE — adj. 1 pleasant, agreeable, satisfactory. 2 (of a person) kind, good-natured. 3 iron. bad or awkward (a nice mess you've …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CIGAR — n. a cylinder of tobacco rolled in tobacco leaves for smoking. [F cigare or Sp. cigarro]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TRY — v. & n. v. (-ies, -ied) 1 intr. make an effort with a view to success (often foll. by to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NO — adv. & n. adv. 1 equivalent to a negative sentence: the answer to your question is negative, your request or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NO — adj. 1 not any (there is no excuse; no circumstances could justify it; no two of them are alike). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NICE — adj. 1 pleasant, agreeable, satisfactory. 2 (of a person) kind, good-natured. 3 iron. bad or awkward (a nice mess you've …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CIGAR — n. a cylinder of tobacco rolled in tobacco leaves for smoking. [ F cigare or Sp. cigarro ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BUT — conj., prep., adv., pron., n., & v. conj. 1 a nevertheless, however (tried hard but did not succeed; I am …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TRY — v. & n. --v. (-ies, -ied) 1. intr. make an effort with a view to success (often foll. by to …
Oxford English vocab
NO — 1. adj.1 not any (there is no excuse; no circumstances could justify it; no two of them are alike). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
NICE — adj.1 pleasant, agreeable, satisfactory. 2 (of a person) kind, good-natured. 3 iron. bad or awkward (a nice mess you've made). …
Oxford English vocab
CIGAR — n. a cylinder of tobacco rolled in tobacco leaves for smoking. Etymology: F cigare or Sp. cigarro
Oxford English vocab
BUT — 1.conj., prep., adv., pron., n., & v. --conj. 1. a nevertheless, however (tried hard but did not succeed; I am …
Oxford English vocab
TRY — ( tries, trying, tried) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NO — ( noes, or no’s) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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