diabolo
Americannoun
plural
diabolos-
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
Etymology
Origin of diabolo
1905–10; < Italian: literally, devil
Example Sentences
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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
Sancho," cried Don Quixote, "I am afraid of being excommunicated for having laid violent hands upon a man in holy orders, Juxta illud; si quis suadente diabolo, &c.
From Mediaeval Tales by Morley, Henry
I will learn them all to thee some day, but for the moment take this Latin which I got by heart: "Abite a me in ignem etemum qui paratus est diabolo at angelis ejus."
From Moonfleet by Falkner, John Meade
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