different between ravioli vs dragger

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ravioli.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??li

Noun

ravioli (countable and uncountable, plural raviolis)

1. plural of raviolo
2. Small square parcels of pasta filled with meat, cheese, spinach etc.
3. A dish made with ravioli.
4. (informal) by analogy, similar dishes/pastas from non-Italian cuisines.

Translations

Usage notes

• The individual parcels are called "pieces of ravioli" or suchlike. The singular raviolo is reserved for a single, large parcel of the same design, but is rare.

Anagrams

• Viloria

Finnish

Etymology

From Italian ravioli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r??ioli/, [?r??i?o?li]
• Rhymes: -oli
• Syllabification: ra?vi?o?li

Noun

ravioli

1. ravioli (small square parcels of pasta)

Declension

French

Noun

ravioli m (plural raviolis)

1. ravioli (Italian pasta and dish)
2. ravioli (non-Italian stuffed pasta/noodle pocket)

Derived terms

• ravioli chinois
• ravioli polonais

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ravi??li/, /ravj??.li/

Noun

ravioli m pl

1. plural of raviolo

References

Anagrams

• olivari, rivolai

Spanish

Etymology

Italian raviolo

Noun

ravioli f (plural raviolis)

1. ravioli

English

Etymology

drag +? -er

Noun

dragger (plural draggers)

1. Something that drags.
2. (nautical) A trawler.
3. One who takes part in drag racing.

   Synonym: dragster

   • 1962, The Saturday Evening Post (volume 235, page 10)

     On a raceway near Riverside, California, a dragger was fatally injured when his dragster went out of control […]

   • 2016, Scotty Gosson, Lost Drag Strips II: More Ghosts of Quarter-Miles Past (page 63)

     In 1960, Honolulu motorcycle racer (and Street Roadster dragger) Danny Ongais stepped up to the dragster ranks […]

4. A vehicle used in drag racing.

   Synonym: dragster

   • 1967, United States. Congress. Senate, Hearings (volume 8, page 4149)

     So young speed enthusiasts can get high performance equipment for their "street draggers."

5. (slang) A car thief.
   • 1945, Jack Henry, What Price Crime? (page 92)

     Like their friends the "draggers," the "hoisters" or shoplifters are having a thin time these days, […]

   • 2020, Noel 'Razor' Smith, The Dirty Dozen

     [A]t least, there were no dodgy whispers about him and that was a big plus in the tight-knit community of blaggers, draggers and carpet baggers of this corner of north-West London.
     Sean was pretty pissed off that the car they had meant to use for that day's robbery was an old rust-bucket Volkswagen Golf.

Derived terms

• van-dragger

Translations