DREIDEL


Meaning of DREIDEL in English

drei ‧ del /ˈdreɪdl/ BrE AmE noun [countable]

[ Date: 1900-2000 ; Language: Yiddish ; Origin: dreidl , from dreien 'to turn' ]

a ↑ top (=a toy that you spin) with a Hebrew letter on each of its four sides and a point at the bottom, used in a game played during Hanukkah

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.