DIABOLO | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Diabolo

Speech Type: Noun

Etymology:

early 20th century: from Italian, from ecclesiastical Latin diabolus ‘devil’; the game was formerly called devil on two sticks

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: dɪˈab(ə)ləʊ
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: dʌɪˈab(ə)ləʊ
Dialects: British English
Definition:

a game in which a two-headed top is thrown up and caught with a string stretched between two sticks.

Short Definition:

game in which two-headed top is thrown up and caught with string stretched between two sticks

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