bagel

Meaning

Noun

1. A toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked.
2. (slang) A score of 6-0 in a set (after the shape of a bagel, which looks like a zero).
3. (slang) An overly materialistic and selfish young Jewish man.

Verb

1. To achieve a score of 6–0 in a tennis set.
2. To hold an opponent to a score of zero.

Synonyms

beigel

boublik

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbeɪ.ɡəl/

Etymology

Cognate with English: bee

Cognate with Old English: bēag

Cognate with Old Frisian: bāg

Cognate with Old Saxon: bōg

Cognate with Middle Low German: bōg

Cognate with Old Norse: baugr

In summary

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 dialectal Austrian German Beugel, Beigel. See also beag.