gnocco

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Italian

Etymology

From Venetian gnoco, perhaps from Lombard knohhil (“knot in wood”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɲɔk.ko/
  • Hyphenation: gnòc‧co
  • Rhymes: -ɔkko

Noun

gnocco m (plural gnocchi)

  1. (cooking, food) gnocchi (Italian variety of dumpling)
  2. (cooking, in the plural) a dish of gnocchi
  3. (by extension) knot, lump
    Synonyms: grumo, nodo
  4. (figurative) goof, idiot
    Synonyms: cretino, tonto
    un vero gnocco ― a real goof
  5. (slang) A handsome male.

Adjective

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  1. (slang) handsome, good looking

Derived terms

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