macaroni
IPA: mækɝˈoʊni
noun
- (uncountable) A type of pasta in the form of short tubes; sometimes loosely, pasta in general.
- (derogatory, historical) A fop, a dandy; especially a young man in the 18th century who had travelled in Europe and who dressed and often spoke in an ostentatiously affected Continental manner.
- (obsolete) A macaroon.
adjective
- (historical) Chic, fashionable, stylish; in the manner of a macaroni.
Examples of "macaroni" in Sentences
- This creamy four-cheese macaroni is comfort food to some dieters.
- It may contain macaroni, and it may contain cheese, but it is not macaroni and cheese.
- Specialty is a manufacturer of private label macaroni and cheese, skillet dinners and sides and salads.
- The Italian term macaroni first appeared in the 13th century and was applied to various shapes, from flat to lumpy.
- Charles Fox was once known as a macaroni, despite him being a tad too overweight to look decent in his tight clothing.
- Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, produces private label macaroni and cheese, skillet dinners and other value-added side dishes and salads.
- Macaroni Explained if you remember from a previous post, i was questioning the usage of the word macaroni in the song 'yankee doodle'.
- I also recall the macaroni tailor telling me that undergarments such as corsets and panniers were used to create the correct shape of the body that nature stubbornly refused to create.
- What it does mean is building in features that make a home safe and accessible for someone in a wheelchair, someone who has arthritis or trouble with steps, or even someone who is short and shouldn't be balancing on a stool to retrieve hot macaroni from a microwave (a grandchild, for example).