a white, starchy pasta of Italian origin that is made in the form of long strings, boiled, and served with any of a variety of meat, tomato, or other sauces.
Electricity. an insulating tubing of small diameter into which bare wire can be slipped.
pasta in the form of long strings
- Spaghetti alla bolognese
noun See spaghetti Bolognese
- Spaghetti alla carbonara
noun spaghetti in a sauce of cream, eggs, Parmesan cheese, small pieces of bacon, and vegetables, such as peas Usage Note cooking
- Spaghetti bolognese
noun a thick meat and tomato sauce made with wine and milk or cream, served with spaghetti; also written spaghetti alla Bolognese Word Origin fr. Bologna, Italy Usage Note cooking
- Spaghetti code
programming A pejorative term for code with a complex and tangled control structure, especially one using many GOTOs, exceptions, or other “unstructured” branching constructs. The synonym “kangaroo code” has been reported, doubtless because such code has so many jumps in it. [Jargon File] (1997-02-17)