ADJ.
authentic, delicious, gluten-free, green, kind, over, real, regular
VERB + PRETZEL
ate, buy, choked, eat, eating, like, stress, taste
PRETZEL + NOUN
boy, t
PREP.
in, into, on, with
noun
A toasted bread or cracker usually in the shape of a loose knot.
When I was young, the best Philadelphia could do in the way of combining music and eating—or principally drinking—was at the Mäennerchor Garden at Ninth and Green, where a pretzel might be had with a glass of beer, or a sherry cobbler
Outside, the little birds on the telegraph wires looked in at the moving picture and smiled at one another. Some even wept. Then they flew down into the street and simply raved over a stale pretzel, ten days dead.
Anything that is knotted, twisted, or tangled.
he drew himself up into a regular pretzel of a boy
verb
To bend, twist, or contort.
They discovered a snake pretzelled into knots.
Synonym of get one's knickers in a twist.
“Don't get your panties in a pretzel, darling. I simply want to scare him so that he pulls over.” Kitty yanked off her fez and stuck her head into the howling wind. Her hair whippe
To make or become confused, perplexed, twisted or entangled.
When I was young, the best Philadelphia could do in the way of combining music and eating—or principally drinking—was at the Mäennerchor Garden at Ninth and Green, where a pretzel might be had with a
WiktionaryOutside, the little birds on the telegraph wires looked in at the moving picture and smiled at one another. Some even wept. Then they flew down into the street and simply raved over a stale pretzel, t
Wiktionaryhe drew himself up into a regular pretzel of a boy
WiktionaryThey discovered a snake pretzelled into knots.
WiktionaryGeorge W. Bush choked on a pretzel and fainted.
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In some senses, pretzel is marked as figuratively, informal, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.