noun.
A glazed, ring-shaped roll with a tough, chewy texture, made from plain yeast dough that is dropped briefly into nearly boiling water and then baked.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
a glazed leavened doughnut-shaped roll with a hard crust.
noun.
A toroidalbreadroll that is boiled before it is baked.
noun.
A score of 6-0 in a set (after the shape of a bagel, which looks like a zero).
noun.
An overly materialistic and excessively groomed young man.
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noun.
(Yiddish) glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust
Word Usage
"The best place I know to get a bagel is the Bagel Hole in Brooklyn (7th Ave between 12th and 13th Sts), where the bagels are small, dense, moist, and chewy."