dreidel

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A four-sided spinning top, a symbol of Judaism used at Hanukkah
Yiddish for "top" used in a Hannukah game "Sevivon" in Hebrew
small square spinning top commonly given to children at Chanukah Hebrew letters on the sides form an acronym to the sentence: "Nes Gadol Hayah Sham" ("A Great Miracle Was There")
~ A spinning top used for a Hanukkah game It is marked with four Hebrew letters: Nun, Gimmel, Heh and Shin These stand for the Yiddish words, nit (nothing), gantz (all), halb (half) and shtell (put), which outline the rules of the game
a top (=a toy that you spin) with a Hebrew letter on each of its four sides and a point at the bottom, used in a game played during Hanukkah (dreidl, from dreien )
{i} spinning top used in games during Hanukkah
a four-sided spinning top, a symbol of Judaism