Etymology Borrowed 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 Austrian German Beugel and dialectal Beigel. See also beag.
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A toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked.
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Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports, TennisSlang A 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 love as he began to go for his shots with the set seemingly gone.2011 January 30, Piers Newbery, “Australian Open: Djokovic too good for Murray in final”, in BBC:
Etymology Borrowed 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 Austrian German Beugel and dialectal Beigel. See also beag.
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Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports, Tennis To achieve a score of 6–0 (as the winner) in a tennis set.
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Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports To hold an opponent to a score of zero.