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spag

spag

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A short informal way to say spaghetti
  • noun
  • /spæɡ/
  • UK
: espagueti
  • My mom makes the best spag bol for family dinners.
  • spag bol

So these are your your chickpeas and lentils and all the different sorts of beans, even if it's just as simple as sticking a tin of lentils into your spag bowl.

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Examples

  • After a long day, I often enjoy a quick dish of spag with cheese.

  • I love spag bol.

  • I guess you could say I make a deathly good spag ball, Right?

  • When you are cooking the spag bol for tonight's meal, just remember to ensure you have the stove hob well ventilated.

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  • Would you like to try some delicious spag with homemade sauce?

Surface Forms

spag singular
spags plural

Etymology

Spag is an informal short form of spaghetti, the long pasta we call 'spaghetti'. Think of it as a friendly nickname you might use when talking about food, so spag simply means the pasta.