rigatone

rigatone noun: a piece of rigatoni.

Noun

rigatone (plural rigatoni)

(rare) A piece of rigatoni.
- Richard stole a rigatone from Kesho’s plate.1993, Camilla T. Crespi [pseudonym; Camilla Trinchieri], The Trouble with Thin Ice, New York, N.Y.: HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 256
- He looked straight in my eyes and nuzzled the cuff of my jeans so I flipped him a rigatone. He nuzzled again so I flipped a few more; the third one landed right on his back, scattering red sauce across the shiny puppy fur.2012, Joseph Harry Silber, “Tantrums”, in Bum, [Morrisville, N.C.]: [Lulu.com], →ISBN, section 13, page 23

What pleasure it is for us to bite into a rigatone, a bucatina or a penna which has been cooked just right....2012 January/February, Sergio G. Grasso, “The everlasting taste of pasta”, in Il Cuoco, number 303, Federazione Italiana Cuochi, page 80...
The first was a poster with a white spoon and fork set against a sky blue background, with just two pieces of spaghetti, one farfalle, a rigatone and two penne, nothing else.2013, “Liftoff”, in Aaron Maines, transl., edited by Francesco Alberoni, Pietro Barilla: “Everything is done for the future, forge ahead...

plural	rigatoni

Borrowed from Italian rigatone.

What does rigatone mean?: Rigatone means a piece of rigatoni.
How do you use rigatone in a sentence?: What pleasure it is for us to bite into a rigatone, a bucatina or a penna which has been cooked just right....
What part of speech is rigatone?: Rigatone is a noun.
What is the plural of rigatone?: The plural of rigatone is rigatoni.

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