cig ‧ a ‧ rette S2 W3 /ˌsɪɡəˈret $ ˈsɪɡəˌret, ˌsɪɡəˈret/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1800-1900 ; Language: French ; Origin: cigare 'cigar' , from Spanish cigarro ; ⇨ ↑ cigar ]
a thin tube of paper filled with finely cut tobacco that people smoke ⇨ cigar :
a packet of cigarettes
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COLLOCATIONS
■ phrases
▪ a packet of cigarettes British English , a pack of cigarettes American English
How much does a packet of cigarettes cost?
■ verbs
▪ smoke a cigarette
Some of the boys were smoking cigarettes.
▪ light a cigarette
Will went outside and lit a cigarette.
▪ roll a cigarette (=make your own cigarette using special paper)
It’s cheaper to roll your own cigarettes.
▪ put out/stub out a cigarette (=stop it burning)
Kit stubbed out her cigarette in the fireplace.
▪ extinguish a cigarette formal (=put out a cigarette)
The pilot said 'Please extinguish all cigarettes and fasten your seat belts.’
▪ pull on/drag on/draw on a cigarette (=smoke a cigarette with deep breaths)
Ed was leaning out of the window and dragging on a cigarette.
■ adjectives
▪ a lit/lighted/burning cigarette
Someone dropped a lit cigarette and started the fire.
▪ a half-smoked cigarette (=that someone has not finished smoking)
There was a half-smoked cigarette in the ashtray.
■ cigarette + NOUN
▪ cigarette smoke
The room was full of cigarette smoke.
▪ cigarette smoking
Everyone knows that cigarette smoking is bad for you.
▪ a cigarette lighter (=something that produces a flame for lighting cigarettes)
Does anyone have a match or a cigarette lighter?
▪ a cigarette packet British English , a cigarette pack American English
Her mother found an empty cigarette packet in her pocket.
▪ cigarette advertising
All cigarette advertising has been banned.
▪ a cigarette butt ( also a cigarette end British English ) (=the part that remains when you have finished smoking it)
The ashtray was full of old cigarette butts.
▪ cigarette ash
She flicked her cigarette ash onto the ground.
▪ a cigarette case (=a small case for carrying cigarettes in)
▪ a cigarette holder (=a narrow tube for holding a cigarette when you smoke it)