Di*ab"o*lo (d&ibreve;*ăb"&osl;*lō), n. An old game or sport (revived under this name) consisting in whirling on a string, fastened to two sticks, a small somewhat spool-shaped object (called the diabolo) so as to balance it on a string, toss it in the air and catch it, etc.

Di*ab"o*lo (d&ibreve;*ăb"&osl;*lō), n. An old game or sport (revived under this name) consisting in whirling on a string, fastened to two sticks, a small somewhat spool-shaped object (called the diabolo) so as to balance it on a string, toss it in the air and catch it, etc.

• A juggling aparatus consisting of a spool which is whirled and tossed on a string.
  
• Such a spool plus its accompanying string and handsticks.