/dee ab"euh loh'/ , n. , pl. diabolos for 2.
1. a game in which a toplike object is spun, thrown, and caught by or balanced on and whirled along a string the ends of which are fastened to the ends of two sticks that are manipulated by hand.
2. the top used in this game. Cf. yoyo .
[ 1905-10; ]