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/kaˈnəʊlɪ/ · noun
(chiefly in the plural) A tube of fried pastry, typical of Sicily, filled with ricotta or similar cream cheese, and flavorings, eaten as a dessert..
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
Use cannoli when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cannoli means (chiefly in the plural) A tube of fried pastry, typical of Sicily, filled with ricotta or similar cream cheese, and flavorings, eaten as a dessert..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
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