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sutta

9.9

An informal word for a cigarette used in Britain, Australia, and New Zealand

noun

Slang

: cigarrillo

He stepped outside for a quick sutta before the meeting started.

Examples

Do you have a sutta I could borrow? I left my pack at home.
He lit up a sutta after dinner.
After dinner, they all went out to share a sutta in the garden.
Can I borrow a sutta?
He stepped outside for a quick sutta before the meeting started.
Do you have a sutta I could borrow? I left my pack at home.
He lit up a sutta after dinner.

Synonyms

cigarette

vssutta

∞ 1.0

A thin roll of tobacco wrapped in paper that you smoke

is an informal regional name used in Australia Britain and New Zealand

smoke

vssutta

Informal

87 4.6

A cigarette or cigar, a small roll of tobacco you light to inhale

is used specifically for the small rolled tobacco item rather than larger ones

fag

vssutta

Slang

11 9.9

A British informal word for a cigarette

is used across Australia Britain and New Zealand rather than only British slang

cig

vssutta

Informal

10 8.2

A short thin tube of tobacco that people smoke

is used mainly in Australia Britain and New Zealand as informal speech

bidi

vssutta

Indian

1 9.4

A thin cigarette rolled by hand and wrapped in a leaf, common in India

is used in Australia Britain and New Zealand for ordinary thin tobacco rolls

gasper

vssutta

Archaic

1 9.9

A cigarette that is strong or harsh to smoke

is used more generally and not limited to strong or harsh types

cigaret

vssutta

Archaic

1.8

A thin roll of tobacco wrapped in paper that you smoke

is mainly a colloquial regional term rather than a formal word

Surface Forms

sutta singular

suttas plural

Etymology

Sutta is also informal slang for a cigarette in places like Australia and India, and a helpful way to remember it is to think of a sutta as a short 'smoke' or quick 'break'.