spag

Noun

spaghetti (usually uncountable, plural spaghettis)

1. (countable, uncountable, usually) A type of pasta made in the shape of long thin strings.
   • Her mother was cooking spaghetti for dinner.

   Synonyms:

   pasghetti, sketti, spag

   1. (broadly, countable, uncountable, usually) A dish that has spaghetti (noun 1 sense 1) as a main part of it, such as spaghetti bolognese.
2. (broadly, countable, derogatory, informal, uncountable, usually) An Italian person.

   Synonyms:

   macaroni, pizzahead

3. (attributive, broadly, informal, often, usually) Something physically resembling spaghetti (noun 1 sense 1) in appearance or consistency, or in being tangled.
   • spaghetti grid spaghetti junction spaghetti limbs spaghetti strap spaghetti stripes
   1. (attributive, broadly, informal, often, usually) Electrical insulating tubing or electrical wiring.
   2. (attributive, broadly, informal, often, usually) Roads forming a complex junction, especially one with multiple levels on a motorway.

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