bagel

CEFRB2

/ˈbeɪ̯.ɡəl/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A round bread roll with a hole in the middle.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

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

Examples

  • Early to bed, early to catch the worm. Or, is it the bagel?

  • My goal is to visit all the bagel places in Boston.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • [ˈba̝ɡ.ɫ̩]
  • [ˈbeɪ̯.ɡɫ̩]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An overly materialistic and selfish young Jewish man.

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

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To achieve a score of 6–0 (as the winner) in a tennis set.

More examples

In context

  • Eh, it's an onion-flavoured bagel!

  • “He’s so adorable, Aaron. Part beagle, part basset hound.” “A bagel. Very appropriate.”

  • The Bagel isn’t necessarily a popular dog, but they seem to appear often enough to be worth mentioning.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from Yiddish בייגל (beygl), ultimately from a diminutive of Middle High German bouc, boug- (“ring, bracelet”), from Old High German boug (“ring”), from Proto-West Germanic *baug, from Proto-Germanic *baugaz (“ring”). Compare obsolete English bee, Old English bēag, Old Frisian bāg, Old Saxon bōg, Middle Low German bōg, Old Norse baugr. Also compare dialectal Austrian German Beugel, Beigel. See also beag.