rigatoni
nounUS /ɹɪɡəˈtoʊni/
Etymology From Italian rigatoni, literally an augmented form of rigato (“striped”).
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Plural normally, Usually A ribbed tubular form of pasta, larger than penne but with square-cut ends, often slightly curved.
- I think some of my rigatoni are still alive. I don’t like to eat them till they’re dead.1992, Dean R[ay] Koontz, Hideaway, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →ISBN, page 316:
- We had spoken briefly before dinner, just as Willy’s Christmas rigatoni were seeping up the stew sauce.1993, Camilla T. Crespi [pseudonym; Camilla Trinchieri], chapter 16, in The Trouble with Thin Ice, New York, N.Y.: HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 127:
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- The large rigatoni are perfect for sopping up the creamy sauce.2016 July 28 – August 3, Lauren Mifsud, “Chicken riggies”, in The Hippo, volume 15, number 30, Manchester, N.H.: Hippo Press, page 47, column 2:
- Derived terms
- riggies