[dreyd-l] 
| a four-sided top bearing the Hebrew letters nun, gimel, he, and shin, one on each side, used chiefly in a children's game traditionally played on the Jewish festival of Hanukkah. |
| drei·del also drei·dl (drād'l) n. A toy similar to a spinning top used in games of chance played by children and adults at Hanukkah. [Yiddish dreydl, from dreyen, to turn, from Middle High German dræjen, from Old High German drāen.] |