fusilli
noun
fu·sil·li fyü-ˈsi-lē 
-ˈsē-
: spiral-shaped pasta
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The bottom line: All your attention should be on the spicy vodka fusilli, which arrived smothered in a lush, creamy tomato sauce topped with a bulb of burratina, a smaller version of the famous fresh cow's milk burrata cheese. 
Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic, 30 Apr. 2022 The bottom line: All your attention should be on the spicy vodka fusilli, which arrived smothered in a lush, creamy tomato sauce topped with a bulb of burratina, a smaller version of the famous fresh cow's milk burrata cheese. Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic, 30 Apr. 2022 The bottom line: All your attention should be on the spicy vodka fusilli, which arrived smothered in a lush, creamy tomato sauce topped with a bulb of burratina, a smaller version of the famous fresh cow's milk burrata cheese. Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic, 30 Apr. 2022 The bottom line: All your attention should be on the spicy vodka fusilli, which arrived smothered in a lush, creamy tomato sauce topped with a bulb of burratina, a smaller version of the famous fresh cow's milk burrata cheese. Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic, 30 Apr. 2022 The bottom line: All your attention should be on the spicy vodka fusilli, which arrived smothered in a lush, creamy tomato sauce topped with a bulb of burratina, a smaller version of the famous fresh cow's milk burrata cheese. Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic, 30 Apr. 2022 The bottom line: All your attention should be on the spicy vodka fusilli, which arrived smothered in a lush, creamy tomato sauce topped with a bulb of burratina, a smaller version of the famous fresh cow's milk burrata cheese. Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic, 30 Apr. 2022 The bottom line: All your attention should be on the spicy vodka fusilli, which arrived smothered in a lush, creamy tomato sauce topped with a bulb of burratina, a smaller version of the famous fresh cow's milk burrata cheese. Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic, 30 Apr. 2022 The bottom line: All your attention should be on the spicy vodka fusilli, which arrived smothered in a lush, creamy tomato sauce topped with a bulb of burratina, a smaller version of the famous fresh cow's milk burrata cheese. Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic, 30 Apr. 2022 See More
Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic, 30 Apr. 2022 The bottom line: All your attention should be on the spicy vodka fusilli, which arrived smothered in a lush, creamy tomato sauce topped with a bulb of burratina, a smaller version of the famous fresh cow's milk burrata cheese. Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic, 30 Apr. 2022 The bottom line: All your attention should be on the spicy vodka fusilli, which arrived smothered in a lush, creamy tomato sauce topped with a bulb of burratina, a smaller version of the famous fresh cow's milk burrata cheese. Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic, 30 Apr. 2022 The bottom line: All your attention should be on the spicy vodka fusilli, which arrived smothered in a lush, creamy tomato sauce topped with a bulb of burratina, a smaller version of the famous fresh cow's milk burrata cheese. Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic, 30 Apr. 2022 The bottom line: All your attention should be on the spicy vodka fusilli, which arrived smothered in a lush, creamy tomato sauce topped with a bulb of burratina, a smaller version of the famous fresh cow's milk burrata cheese. Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic, 30 Apr. 2022 The bottom line: All your attention should be on the spicy vodka fusilli, which arrived smothered in a lush, creamy tomato sauce topped with a bulb of burratina, a smaller version of the famous fresh cow's milk burrata cheese. Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic, 30 Apr. 2022 The bottom line: All your attention should be on the spicy vodka fusilli, which arrived smothered in a lush, creamy tomato sauce topped with a bulb of burratina, a smaller version of the famous fresh cow's milk burrata cheese. Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic, 30 Apr. 2022 The bottom line: All your attention should be on the spicy vodka fusilli, which arrived smothered in a lush, creamy tomato sauce topped with a bulb of burratina, a smaller version of the famous fresh cow's milk burrata cheese. Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic, 30 Apr. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Italian, plural of fusillo (originally in southern dialects, as Altamura—Puglia—fusillë), diminutive of fuso "spindle," going back to Latin fūsus, of obscure origin
First Known Use
1948, in the meaning defined above