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beigel

beigel is the alternative spelling of bagel.

Meaning of bagel

Noun

bagel (plural bagels)

  1. A toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked.
  2. (slang) A score of 6-0 in a set (after the shape of a bagel, which looks like a zero).
    • The Scot, who had been close to a two-set deficit in his semi-final against David Ferrer, avoided the dreaded bagel by seeing off a set point at 5-0 down before finally breaking the Djokovic serve to love as he began to go for his shots with the set seemingly gone.2011 January 30, Piers Newbery, “Australian Open: Djokovic too good for Murray in final”, in BBC
  3. (South Africa, ethnic, slang, slur) An overly materialistic and selfish young Jewish man.
    Synonyms:
    JAP

See all 5 meanings of bagel

Forms of beigel

pluralbeigels

Questions about beigel

What is beigel the alternative spelling of?
Beigel is the alternative spelling of bagel.

Words near beigel in the dictionary

  1. beige flags
  2. beige prose
  3. beigeish
  4. beigeist
  5. beigeists
  6. beigel
  7. beigels
  8. beigely
  9. beigeness
  10. beiger
  11. beiges

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