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rigatoni (n.)

"short, hollow, fluted tubes of pasta," 1930, from Italian rigatoni, plural of rigato, past participle of rigare "to draw a line, to make fluting," from riga "line; something cut out," from a Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *rigon- (see row (n.1)), from PIE *rei- "to scratch, tear, cut" (see riparian).

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Definitions of rigatoni from WordNet

rigatoni (n.)
tubular pasta in short ribbed pieces;
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