diabolo
Americannoun
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diabolos
plural
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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.
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the top used in this game.
noun
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a game in which one throws and catches a spinning top on a cord fastened to two sticks held in the hands
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the top used in this game
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of diabolo
1905–10; < Italian: literally, devil
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In July, a diabolo instructor, Lu Chi-hsien, and four others were detained for allegedly setting up a spy network.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2023
Leroux says circus mania starts young; his fourth-grade daughter’s gym curriculum includes spinning diabolo sticks.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 5, 2015
The Smirnovs, quick-change artists, take the stage before Ms. España and the Anastasinis assemble for diabolo, a form of juggling.
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2014
The aforesaid—if I spoke of hi before—Gorman O'Shea, having, suadente diabolo, smashed down doors and windows, palisadings and palings, and broke open cabinets, chests, cupboards, and other contrivances.
From Lord Kilgobbin by Charles James Lever
The only thing to be feared therein is that a toy aeroplane of some child will put an eye out, or that the more devilish diabolo will crack one's skull.
From Royal Palaces and Parks of France by Blanche McManus
To Muslims, he is Iblis, a word perhaps derived from the Greek diabolos, the proudest of all God's creatures.
From Time Magazine Archive
The word "devil" comes from the Greek "diabolos," which means "one prone to slander; a liar."
From The World English Bible (WEB): by Anonymous
D’Herbelot supposes this title to have been a corruption of the Greek Διαβολος, diabolos.
From Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale by William Beckford
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