/ˈbeɪ.ɡəl/, [ˈbeɪ.ɡɫ̩], /ˈbɛɡl̩/
OriginBorrowed from Yiddish בייגל (beygl), ultimately from a diminutive of Middle High German bouc, boug- (“ring, bracelet”), from Old High German boug (“ring”), from Proto-West Germanic *baug, from Proto-Germanic *baugaz (“ring”).
Compare obsolete English bee, Old English bēag, Old Frisian bāg, Old Saxon bōg, Middle Low German bōg, Old Norse baugr. Also compare dialectal Austrian German Beugel, Beigel. See also beag.
- A toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked.
- slangA score of 6-0 in a set (after the shape of a bagel, which looks like a zero).
“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 ”
- To achieve a score of 6–0 (as the winner) in a tennis set.
- To hold an opponent to a score of zero.
Formsbagels(plural) · beigel(alternative, UK) · bagels(present, singular, third-person) · bageling(US, participle, present) · bagelling(UK, participle, present) · bageled(US, participle, past) · bageled(US, past) · bagelled(UK, participle, past) · bagelled(UK, past)