bagels

Noun

bagel (plural bagels)

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).
   • 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
3. (South Africa, ethnic, slang, slur) An overly materialistic and selfish young Jewish man.

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