DIABOLO


Meaning of DIABOLO in English

[ dɪ'abələʊ , dʌɪ- ]

■ noun ( plural ~s ) a game in which a two-headed top is thrown up and caught with a string stretched between two sticks.

↘the top used in this game.

Origin

early 20th cent.: from Ital., from eccles. L. diabolus 'devil'.

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