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cigarette
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 )
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noun ADJ. lighted, lit carelessly throwing a lighted cigarette in the litter bin | half-smoked | illicit She slipped outside for an illicit cigarette. | filter tip, hand-rolled, king size, low-tar, menthol QUANT. pack, packet She smokes a packet of cigarettes a day. VERB + CIGARETTE smoke | draw on, pull on, suck on He pulled on his cigarette and waited for the train. | light | extinguish, put out, stub out Please extinguish all cigarettes now. | roll She rolls her own cigarettes. | flick (away) The old man flicked his cigarette onto the roadside. | advertise Posters advertising cigarettes have to carry government health warnings. CIGARETTE + VERB burn The cigarette burned slowly in the ashtray. | glow The cigarettes glowed in the dark. CIGARETTE + NOUN ash, smoke the smell of stale cigarette smoke | butt, end | case, packet | holder, lighter | smoker | burn | advertising
Oxford Collocations Dictionary