From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbagelba‧gel /ˈbeɪɡəl/ noun [countable] 1 DFFa small ring-shaped type of bread2 informal an occasion when a tennis player wins all six games in a set, so that the score is 6-0 Murray dominated the match and won with a triple bagel 6-0,6-0,6-0.
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bagel• One thing is clear: Daily News readers are big bagel eaters.• Who do you think will come buy bagels and lox on Ninth Street?• The Daily News bagel team, which surveyed 13 bagel establishments recommended by readers, arrived at the same conclusion.• And there are numerous sweet spreads to go with fruit and nut bagels.• More than $ 500 million worth of bagels were sold in the United States in 1994.• Glen accused her of letting the bagels get wet.• The bagel has a rich history, though its origin is somewhat apocryphal.• The bagels, almost dry, got wet again.Origin bagel (1900-2000) Yiddish beygel, from Old High German boug “ring” 