kugel

[ koo-guhl, koog-uhl ]

nounJewish Cooking.
  1. a sweet or savory baked casserole resembling a soufflé or pudding and made of noodles, potatoes, challah, or matzo mixed with eggs and fat.

Origin of kugel

1
First recorded in 1840–50; from Yiddish kugl; compare Middle High German kugel(e), German Kugel “ball, sphere”; perhaps akin to cudgel

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kugel

/ (kuːɡəl) /


nounSouthern African censorious, slang
  1. a young Jewish woman from a wealthy background who is seen as being excessively materialistic

Origin of kugel

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C20 from Yiddish: pudding

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