1. a four-sided spinning top with Hebrew letters, used in a traditional Jewish game especially during Hanukkah

Examples

• The children gathered around to play dreidel during the Hanukkah celebration.
• Each side of the dreidel has a different Hebrew letter on it.
• She spun the dreidel and waited to see which letter would face up.
• The wooden dreidel landed on nun, so he got nothing from the pot.
• My grandmother taught me the rules of the dreidel game.
• The gift shop sold chocolate dreidels alongside traditional wooden ones.