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Definition of dreidel
1 : a 4-sided toy marked with Hebrew letters and spun like a top in a game of chance
2 : a children's game of chance played especially at Hanukkah with a dreidel
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Without the moon, our planet would likely wobble about like a dreidel, tilting a full 10 degrees every 10,000 years, and possibly oscillating the global climate between ice ages and hellish heat the likes of which no species has ever endured.
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Origin and Etymology of dreidel
Yiddish dreydl, from dreyen to turn, from Middle High German drǣjen, from Old High German drāen — more at 1throw
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See words that rhyme with dreidel Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about dreidel
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