Meanings
nounbagel head (plural bagel heads)
plural bagel heads
- A person who has a temporary circular body modification to the forehead, created by saline injection.
He said fans of the procedure enjoy ‘saline parties’ about twice a year, though some people will take their ‘bagel head’ to clubs and fetish parties.
2012 September 25, Tamara Abraham, “Could the bizarre ‘bagel head’ look be Japan's most extreme beauty trend yet?”, in Mail Online
Origin
From the bagel shape and the forehead location.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
bagel head. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bagel%20head
MLA
“bagel head.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bagel%20head. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bagel head,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bagel%20head.
Source: bagel head on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.