dreidel
/ˈdreɪdəl/
noun
- A four-sided spinning top, traditionally used in a Jewish game played during Hanukkah.
- In the game, each side of the dreidel tells you whether to take or give chocolate coins.
- The children spun the dreidel and laughed when it landed on 'gimel'.
- For Hanukkah, my grandmother gave each of us a wooden dreidel painted with blue letters.