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sutta

1 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

66 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

cig

vssutta

Informal

14 8.2

A short thin tube of tobacco that people smoke

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

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

cigaret

vssutta

Archaic

2 1.8

A thin roll of tobacco wrapped in paper that you smoke

is mainly a colloquial regional term rather than a formal word

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

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'.