Definitions for bagelˈbeɪ gəl
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ba•gelˈbeɪ gəl(n.)
a chewy, doughnut-shaped roll made of dough that is simmered in water and then baked.
Category: Cooking
Origin of bagel:
1930–35; < Yiddish
Princeton's WordNet
bagel, beigel(noun)
(Yiddish) glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
bagel(noun)ˈbeɪ gəl
bread with a hole in the middle
Wiktionary
bagel(Noun)
A toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked.
bagel(Noun)
A score of 6-0 in a set (after the shape of a bagel, which looks like a zero).
bagel(Noun)
An overly materialistic and excessively groomed young man.
Origin: From בײגל, ultimately from bouc, boug-, from boug, from baug- plus -il; cf. obsolete bee, bege, beh, bēag, bēah, bāg, bōg, bōg, baugr, all from baugaz; also cf. dialectal (Austria) Beugel, Beigel.
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