rigatone

English

Etymology

From Italian rigatone.

Noun

rigatone (plural rigatoni)

  1. (rare) A piece of rigatoni.
    • 1993, Camilla T. Crespi [pseudonym; Camilla Trinchieri], The Trouble with Thin Ice, New York, N.Y.: HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 256:
      Richard stole a rigatone from Kesho’s plate.
    • 2012, Joseph Harry Silber, “Tantrums”, in Bum, [Morrisville, N.C.]: [Lulu.com], →ISBN, section 13, page 23:
      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 January/February, Sergio G. Grasso, “The everlasting taste of pasta”, in Il Cuoco, number 303, Federazione Italiana Cuochi, page 80, column 1:
      What pleasure it is for us to bite into a rigatone, a bucatina or a penna which has been cooked just right....
    • 2013, “Liftoff”, in Aaron Maines, transl., edited by Francesco Alberoni, Pietro Barilla: “Everything is done for the future, forge ahead with courage.” The Biography of an Extraordinary Italian Entrepreneur, Milan: RCS Libri S.p.A., page 19:
      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.

Italian

Etymology

From (penna) rigata +‎ -one.

Noun

rigatone m (plural rigatoni)

  1. (usually in the plural) a ribbed tubular form of pasta, larger than penne but with square-cut ends, often slightly curved
  2. (vulgar, slang) a fellatio, especially if teeth-aided.

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