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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

dreidel

/(drād"'l)/ · IPA /ˈdɹeɪdl̩/
01 n. a toy shaped somewhat like a top, but having four flat sides, each marked with one of the Hebrew letters nun, gimel, he, or shin. It is sp…
  1. 1.
    a toy shaped somewhat like a top, but having four flat sides, each marked with one of the Hebrew letters nun, gimel, he, or shin. It is spun like a top, and the letter showing when it stops spinning determines the outcome of a game of chance.
  2. 2.
    a game of chance played with a dreidel{1}, most commonly by children at Hannukah.