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Meaning of Bagel | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ˈbeɪ.ɡəl

Definitions

  1. A toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked.
  2. A score of 6-0 in a set (after the shape of a bagel, which looks like a zero).
  3. An overly materialistic and selfish young Jewish man.
    South-Africa, ethnic, slang, slur

Equivalents

العربية الخبز كعك
Български геврек
Čeština kanár
Deutsch Bagel
Ελληνικά κουλούρι
Esperanto kringo
Français bagel baguel beguel
Íslenska beygla
Italiano bagel
日本語 ベーグル
한국어 베이글
Македонски ѓеврек
Nederlands bagel
Polski bajgiel
Português bagel
Română covrig
ไทย เบเกิล
Українська бублик
Tiếng Việt bánh mì vòng

Examples

“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.”
““He’s so adorable, Aaron. Part beagle, part basset hound.” “A bagel. Very appropriate.””
“In October, Allan and Rebecca began to care for Marty’s dog Phil more often and adopted the “bagel” (basset and beagle mix breed) when the time came.”
“The Bagel isn’t necessarily a popular dog, but they seem to appear often enough to be worth mentioning.”
“The Bagel is a cross between the Beagle and the Basset Hound. Though not as popular as some of the more well-established mixes, the short-coated Bagel has the loving personality one would expect from two Hounds, plus the potential for some stubbornness.”
“Linus was half basset and half beagle hound, thus a bagel.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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