Used in a Sentence

spaghetti

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for spaghetti.

Editorial note

While it's far better than static OO, it's still OO, which means you still get object spaghetti.

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(countable, uncountable) A type of pasta made in the shape of long thin strings.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of spaghetti gathered in one view.

noun

(countable, uncountable) A type of pasta made in the shape of long thin strings.

noun

(by extension, countable, uncountable) A dish that has spaghetti (noun 1, sense 1) as a main part of it, such as spaghetti bolognese.

noun

(uncountable, figuratively, informal) Something confusing or intricate.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for spaghetti.

noun

(countable, uncountable) A type of pasta made in the shape of long thin strings.

noun

(by extension, countable, uncountable) A dish that has spaghetti (noun 1, sense 1) as a main part of it, such as spaghetti bolognese.

noun

(uncountable, figuratively, informal) Something confusing or intricate.

noun

(by extension, countable) Denoting Italianness.

Example sentences

1

While it's far better than static OO, it's still OO, which means you still get object spaghetti.

2

Does this mean that all Stanford grads are writing spaghetti coasting off an Ivy League degree?

3

The author has some good insight on many things, but the insight is mixed up with...something else, and that makes a conflated spaghetti.

4

You end up with a rats nest of spaghetti code often, for example, unless you use structured programming macros.

5

Thus your tool needs a fuckton of special-case logic and workarounds, leading it to become a monolith of spaghetti.

6

It's win big and buy a jet or eat spaghetti at home and avoid debt.

7

This leads to a web of connections, the usual spaghetti of data binding.

8

Node reads like a twisted spaghetti hairball that your cat vomited up.

9

If the draw is to join a risky, hot-shot, fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants company (as it was for me), then you might be in for a reality check when you're debugging spaghetti code for 8 hours a day.

10

I have not felt the spirit of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, nor his noodlely appendage.

11

It's a spaghetti of dependencies when formulas refer to other formulas.

12

The biochemical mechanisms are complex and involved, as is expected after billions of years of appending spaghetti code, but it's not fundamentally unknown or unknowable.

Quote examples

1

It's the world's biggest exemplar of a spaghetti process." Well put.

2

"My, my, that's a spicy meatball" It was an alka seltzer commercial, didn't help with their sales, but sales of spaghetti supposedly increased at the time.

3

I agree that the only way to achieve peace is to reach some state of mind, and I don't particularly care whether you call it "love" or "respect" or "nirvana" or the flying spaghetti monster.

4

If you live in a subdivision/burb with straight lines and many connections to the arterial road, you probably have a grocery store, dentist, bars, and restaurants within short walking distance, but if you live in "bowl of spaghetti" subdivision/burb with exactly one connection to exactly one arterial road, then you probably need to drive at least five miles to buy a gallon of milk.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use spaghetti in a sentence?

While it's far better than static OO, it's still OO, which means you still get object spaghetti.

What does spaghetti mean?

(countable, uncountable) A type of pasta made in the shape of long thin strings.

What part of speech is spaghetti?

spaghetti is commonly used as noun.