BAGEL

bagel, beigel

(noun) (Yiddish) glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

bagel (plural bagels)

A toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked.

(tennis, slang) A score of 6-0 in a set (after the shape of a bagel, which looks like a zero).

(slang, ethnic slur, South Africa) An overly materialistic and selfish young Jewish man.

Synonyms

• (spoiled young Jewish man): JAP (US), kugel (South Africa)

Verb

bagel (third-person singular simple present bagels, present participle bagelling, simple past and past participle bagelled)

(tennis) To achieve a score of 6-0 in a tennis set.

(sports) To hold an opponent to a score of zero.

Anagrams

• Gable, Gebal, gabel, gable, galbe, gleba

Source: Wiktionary



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