# bagel

Pronunciation: say "BAY-guhl" US/UK /ˈbeɪ.ɡəl/, AUS /ˈbæɪ.ɡəl/

## Noun

1. A ring-shaped bread roll, boiled briefly before it is baked.
   - Simple: A ring-shaped bread roll that is boiled first, then baked.
   - _He ordered a sesame bagel with lox for breakfast._
   - _The deli's bagels are boiled in-house before baking._
2. In tennis, a set score of 6–0, named for the bagel's resemblance to a zero. *(slang)*
   - Simple: In tennis, a set won six games to zero.
   - _He served up a bagel, winning the set without dropping a game._
   - _Back-to-back bagels left the crowd stunned._
5. A derogatory slang term for a young Jewish man regarded as excessively materialistic and self-centered. *(slang, South Africa)*
   - Simple: An unkind word for a young Jewish man seen as greedy and selfish.
   - _She rolled her eyes and dismissed her cousin as a self-absorbed bagel._
   - _The novel's protagonist resents being written off as just another bagel._

## Verb

3. To win a tennis set 6–0, taking every game from the opponent.
   - Simple: In tennis, to win a set by six games to none.
   - _She bageled the defending champion in a stunning opening set._
   - _Players rarely manage to bagel an evenly matched rival._
4. To hold an opposing team or player to a final score of zero.
   - Simple: To stop an opposing team or player from scoring at all.
   - _The pitchers combined to bagel their rivals through nine innings._
   - _Their defense bageled the league's top scorers last weekend._

## Origin

Borrowed from Yiddish בייגל (beygl), ultimately from a diminutive of Middle High German bouc, boug- ("ring, bracelet"), from Old High German boug ("ring"), and further back to Proto-Germanic *baugaz ("ring").

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/bagel (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).