as in dude
a man extremely interested in his clothing and personal appearance
the glitter rock of the 1970s seemed more about mascaraed macaronis than about music
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Recent Examples of macaroni
Add twin petite cold-water lobster tails or two jumbo lump crab cakes for an additional $39, 'Oscar style' crab for an additional $12, lobster macaroni shells and cheese for an additional $19.
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Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Dec. 2025
Cheddar, Romano, and Parmesan combine with rich cream to make a worthy sauce for a generous pan of cavatappi pasta—which is literally a fun twist on the usual macaroni shape.
—Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 23 Nov. 2025
Some days, that meant giving her bits of macaroni, or rice cooked in brackish, unsafe water.
—Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
Very tasty, juicy, great texture, a real compliment to the macaroni.
—Endia Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 22 Sep. 2025
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Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Dec. 2025
Cheddar, Romano, and Parmesan combine with rich cream to make a worthy sauce for a generous pan of cavatappi pasta—which is literally a fun twist on the usual macaroni shape.
—Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 23 Nov. 2025
Some days, that meant giving her bits of macaroni, or rice cooked in brackish, unsafe water.
—Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
Very tasty, juicy, great texture, a real compliment to the macaroni.
—Endia Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 22 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for macaroni
Recent Examples of Synonyms for macaroni
Noun
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But the dude is a playoff warrior who would upgrade any contender.—
Pierre LeBrun,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2026
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Next to the body is an empty Bloody Mary can and an old poster of a naked dude dressed up like Indiana Jones.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The 26-year-old singer and her actor beau made their red carpet debut on Sunday, smiling for cameras at the BAFTAs.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
23 Feb. 2026
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Over the past week, a 30-year-old TikTok personality with a famous actor beau showed up in an awful lot of front rows.—
Ashley Fetters Maloy,
Washington Post,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The New Yorker loves and fetishizes its traditions (the monocled fop Eustace Tilley, that stately but sensual Adobe Caslon font), but the magazine’s ultimate tradition is cutting through the scrim of contemporary noise to look reality in the eye, presenting it to the reader with a no-fuss vibrance.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
1 Dec. 2025
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The film chronicles a rich fop who studies a magic manual and teaches himself how to achieve X-ray vision and clairvoyance.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2023
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“Macaroni.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/macaroni. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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