Definitions

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  • noun A thicker form of spaghetti with a hole running through it.

Etymologies

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Italian duminutive of buco ("hole")

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Examples

  • The maccheroni at stake here were certainly the long thin tubes of hard grain pasta that today would likely be called bucatini.

    Delizia! John Dickie 2008

  • In fact, the bucatini was a little too thick for my taste.

    Archive 2006-01-01 2006

  • In fact, the bucatini was a little too thick for my taste.

    I Am a Pizza Pacifist - Antica Pizzeria 2006

  • The bucatini was a little thicker than we were expecting, but it definitely made a sturdy hollow pasta.

    The Kitchn 2010

  • His mother, Arlene, taught me how to cook the pasta called bucatini, and sometimes we played hearts or helped Andy’s sister with her homework.

    Life As We Know It Jennifer Foote Sweeney 2008

  • His mother, Arlene, taught me how to cook the pasta called bucatini, and sometimes we played hearts or helped Andy’s sister with her homework.

    Life As We Know It Jennifer Foote Sweeney 2008

  • His mother, Arlene, taught me how to cook the pasta called bucatini, and sometimes we played hearts or helped Andy’s sister with her homework.

    Life As We Know It Jennifer Foote Sweeney 2008

  • His mother, Arlene, taught me how to cook the pasta called bucatini, and sometimes we played hearts or helped Andy’s sister with her homework.

    Life As We Know It Jennifer Foote Sweeney 2008

  • His mother, Arlene, taught me how to cook the pasta called bucatini, and sometimes we played hearts or helped Andy’s sister with her homework.

    Life As We Know It Jennifer Foote Sweeney 2008

  • His mother, Arlene, taught me how to cook the pasta called bucatini, and sometimes we played hearts or helped Andy’s sister with her homework.

    Life As We Know It Jennifer Foote Sweeney 2008

  • Bucatini is spaghetti but thicker and with a hole in it, meaning it absorbs 200 percent more sauce than its thinner, hole-free brethren, due to math.

    The Very Real, Totally Bizarre Bucatini Shortage of 2020 Rachel Handler 2020

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