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Definition of close but no cigar
close but no cigar
adjective
- to almost happen, but not.
Last edited on Nov 27 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'but': | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "all but dissertation". | |
| Definitions include: to be okay; not a big concern. | |
| Definitions include: a student who has completed all parts of advanced education with the exception of completing, presenting, and defending their dissertation. | |
| Definitions include: everything. | |
| Definitions include: A person walking towards you that looks attractive until they get closer. | |
| Definitions include: appearing last in some list, but not because it's the least important item on the list. | |
| Definitions include: alive but brain-dead. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "lights on but nobody home", an insulting notation used by doctors in the UK on medical charts. | |
| Definitions include: Silent But Deadly. | |
| Definitions include: particularly smelly flatulence. | |
| Definitions include: particularly smelly flatulence. | |
Other terms relating to 'close': | |
| Definitions include: in private. | |
| Definitions include: To steal from, rip off. | |
| Definitions include: See barn door. | |
| Definitions include: guy who scores with lots of chicks | |
| Definitions include: to join together for a common cause. | |
| Definitions include: a person who stands uncomfortably close to others while talking. | |
| Definitions include: to end. | |
| Definitions include: to get a woman into the sack after chatting them up in a social setting. | |
| Definitions include: secret or mostly secret. | |
| Definitions include: to "close" any location. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "Closing Time Bitch". | |
Other terms relating to 'no': | |
| Definitions include: "don't have any". | |
| Definitions include: "ain't no thang", i.e. "it isn't a thing", meaning that something isn't to be concerned about; "no big deal"; "don't worry about it". | |
| Definitions include: to be okay; not a big concern. | |
| Definitions include: to talk a lot but never take action. | |
| Definitions include: a situation with no possible positive outcome. | |
| Definitions include: The state of being deeply inebriated. | |
| Definitions include: exclamation upon realizing one's misfortune. | |
| Definitions include: See "fuck". | |
| Definitions include: an emphatic "no". | |
| Definitions include: see hells. | |
| Definitions include: variant of "hell to the no". | |
| Definitions include: an emphatic "hell no". | |
| Definitions include: alive but brain-dead. | |
| Definitions include: a greeting. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "no big deal". | |
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