Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Pasta in large-sized tubes.
- n. A dish consisting of such tubes stuffed with meat or cheese, usually served hot with a tomato sauce.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Tubular large noodles that are usually stuffed with mild cheese and baked in tomato sauce; -- a type of Italian pasta; also a dish of such noodles thus prepared.
WordNet 3.0
- n. large pasta tubes stuffed with chopped meat or mild cheese and baked in tomato sauce
Etymologies
- Italian muffs (Wiktionary)
- Italian, pl. of manicotto, muff, from manica, sleeve, from Latin manicae, sleeves, from manus, hand; see man-2 in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Mom promised to make manicotti, which is Douglas’s favorite, and mine, too.”
“And many Puebloans regularly stop in for takeout sub sandwiches, meatballs or sausage and pasta specialties such as manicotti or ravioli.”
“Even the flying spaghetti monster on Futurama: "You seriously believe I'm descended from some kind of flightless manicotti?”
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“During the holidays, hang out with friends who skip pumpkin lattes to sip green tea and prefer manicures instead of manicotti Neapolitan.”
“Never mind the tough love and bring on the manicotti.”
“If I had to do it all over again, I'd come back as an Italian-American kid—in part because of the warmth, the affection, the passion and the generosity, but mostly because of the manicotti.”
“When I was a kid, my own Irish-American mother was a terrible cook, so I would dutifully eat the remains of whatever luckless animal she'd just burned to a crisp, puke it up and then run down the street to Richie Giardinelli's house, where his mother was always baking ziti or cooking up a fresh pot of meatballs or making manicotti.”
“Speaking from my own experience, I would argue that the best mothers are Italian-Americans, in part because they are warm and affectionate, but mostly because of the manicotti.”
“Kids learn to make signature dishes like manicotti.”
“I asked Dan what they ordered, and he said, “Oh, we all had manicotti.””
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘manicotti’.
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The Pasta Master
My favourite is potato
gnocchi,interesting that lists
devoted to pasta exclusively
missed pasta puttanesca,those who
really textually mine dictionaries
would not miss...manicotti, spaggers, stelline, spaghettini, spag, linguine, fettuccine, penne, rigatoni, mezzani, zita, spaghetti and 391 more...
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Pasta! Pasta! Pasta!
Who knew unleavened dough and homey Italian know-how could taste so good?
...and look so great!ziti, vermicelli, tubetti, troffiette, tripolini, trennette, trenne, tortiglioni, tortelloni, tortellini, torchio, tonnarelli and 104 more...
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Pasta la Vista
Because John's and colleen's and Lampbane's lists are their own, and they're such pasta hogs I have to make sure I get some for myself. :)
Includes noodles and other noodle-based items...zituane, rotini, rigati, marziani, salamini, fagioletti, eliche grandi, eliche, elefante, rotellini, rotelli, ziti and 296 more...
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MacBean's Words
verisimilitude, antediluvian, schadenfreude, eviscerate, exsanguinate, onomatopoeia, aesthetic, apocryphal, aubergine, byronic, brouhaha, bordello and 523 more...
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Wordies for a Foodie
Included are many Italian dishes that so many pronounce wrong. Which is highly annoying since no one ever even tries to pronounce them right!
tarragon, rosemary, thyme, mint, sprig, aromatic, radicchio, chicory, macaroon, parmagiana, pesto, arugula and 13 more...
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maccheroni
fettuccine, linguine, tagliatelle, fiori, fusilli, rotelle, conchiglie, farfalle, orecchiette, gigli, gemelli, gnocchi and 27 more...
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foods and spices
ratatouille, lemon chiffon, mocha, frappuccino, cocoa, croissant, oregano, coriander, tortellini, edamame, marzipan, cannoli and 32 more...
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Flour, water, and eggs =
Pasta!
campanelle, cavatelli, conchiglie, farfalle, fioriettini, fusilli, lanterne, orecchiette, pipe, rotelle, rotini, strozzapreti and 33 more...
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foodie list
pan, gourmet, mincing, clam, oyster, geoduck, scallop, meringue, baste, garam masala, rarebit, phyllo and 66 more...
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Things that Roll, Things One Rolls, o...
alabama, jordan, burrito, wheel, tootsie, onion, kaiser, fat, sushi, california, stones, joint and 47 more...
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Pastas I have loved
Just because I love them, doesn't mean I've tried them--though I aspire to. I love all pasta on principle. I'm about 70% pasta by weight.
Most of these were thieved from--where else--Wik...gramigna, fioriettini, fiorentine, farfallone, creste di galli, cencioni, cechetti, cavatelli, campanelle, spaghetti, vermicelli, spaghettoni and 88 more...
Tweets
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