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On Thursday, chef Joe Shirley served up spicy edamame hummus, burrata, A5 wagyu dumplings, hamachi carpaccio, mezze rigatoni, Dubai chocolate tiramisu and more.—Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2025 It’s made with ribbed rigatoni, butternut squash purée, and a three-cheese blend of Gouda, Parmesan, and cheddar.—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Aug. 2025 Customers can build their bowl with fettuccine, spaghetti, angel hair or rigatoni.—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025 My dining partners ordered the mafaldine with bolognese (same sauce, different noodle) and the rigatoni, bathed in a spicy arrabiata sauce and topped with juicy, porky meatballs.—Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 14 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rigatoni
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Etymology
Italian, plural, from rigato furrowed, fluted, from past participle of rigare to furrow, flute, from riga line, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German rīga line — more at row
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