bucatini

noun

bu·ca·ti·ni ˌbü-kə-ˈtē-nē

: pasta in the form of long, thin tubes

Bucatini, a thick spaghetti that's hollow like a straw, is traditionally served with a chunky tomato sauce with a lot of onion, bacon or prosciutto and basil.—

Carolyn Flynn, Albuquerque Journal (New Mexico), 10 Nov. 2010

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Italian, plural of bucatino, from bucato (past participle of bucare "to make a hole in, perforate," verbal derivative of buca "opening, hole," going back to Vulgar Latin *būca, variant of Latin bucca "lower part of the cheek, mouth") + -ino, noun and adjective suffix, going back to Latin -īnus -ine entry 1