bagel

Pluralbagels

Formsbagels

1. 1
   nouncountable

   A ring-shaped bread roll that is boiled first, then baked.

   Like a small bread ring with a hole in the middle.

   She toasted a bagel and spread cream cheese on it.

   The bakery sells fresh bagels every morning.

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2. 2
   nounslangcountable

   In tennis, a set won six games to zero.

   The round zero on the scoreboard looks like a bagel.

   She handed her opponent a bagel in the first set.

   Two bagels in a row sent her out of the tournament.

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3. 3
   verbtransitive

   In tennis, to win a set by six games to none.

   He bageled his rival to take the first set 6–0.

   With a strong serve, you can bagel a nervous opponent.

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4. 4
   verbtransitive

   To stop an opposing team or player from scoring at all.

   Our defense bageled the visiting team all night.

   A great goalkeeper can bagel the other side for a whole match.

   Similarblank, whitewash

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5. 5
   nounslangethnicslurSouth Africacountable

   An unkind word for a young Jewish man seen as greedy and selfish.

   He hated being called a bagel just because his family was rich.

   The other kids unfairly labeled him a bagel.

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