spaghetti

noun

type of pasta

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Pronunciation: /spəˈɡɛti/ / [-ɾi]

noun

Etymology: The noun is borrowed from Italian spaghetti, the plural of spaghetto (“dish of spaghetti; (rare) strand of spaghetti”), from spago (“cord, string, twine; thread”) + -etto (diminutive suffix). Spago is derived from Latin spagus (“twine”), probably from Ancient Greek σφάκος (sphákos, “apple sage (Salvia pomifera)”), probably from Pre-Greek. The verb is derived from the noun.

plural of spaghetto

verb

To serve (someone) spaghetti (noun noun 1 sense 1).
“Visiting members expected to attend, and all will be properly spaghettied.”
“Pi Phis spaghettied their mothers and fathers last Saturday evening in the rooms.”
To cause (someone or something) to become, or appear to become, longer and thinner; to stretch.
“He spaghettied the referee when he landed on him.”
To cause (something) to become tangled.
“All these are spaghettied together, as the following boxscore will show: […]”
“"What makes you think this watercolorist and I would develop a romantic relationship?" Sissy's brow was spaghettied.”
To eat spaghetti (noun noun 1 sense 1).
“I have "spaghettied" from Ventimiglia to Brindisi and I doubt if I have ever eaten as excellent spaghetti, certainly none better nor richer, than I have enjoyed in the home of a very charming Maryland hostess.”
To become, or appear to become, longer and thinner.
“The oldest Lark spaghettied down to a noodle and slithered through the letterbox-like hole at the bottom of the cistern.”
To become tangled.
“The cables spaghettied onto the shoulder of the technician.”
“These elegant instrument pods will bring all the instruments within eye range of the most nearsighted skipper, keep his bulkhead intact and eliminate all those messy wires spaghettiing around.”