[ 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'.
[ 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'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004