דָּגַל I Pi. דִּגֵּל, דִּיגֵּל (denom. of דֶּגֶל) to outgeneral, play tricks (cmp. στραταγέω a. καταστραταγέω). Cant. R. to II, 4 (play on ודגלו ib.) אפי׳ אותן הַדִּיגּוּלִין שדִּיגֵּל … באביו even those devices with which Jacob deceived his father.
Hif. - הִדְגִּיל same. Sabb. 63ᵃ (play on ודגלו, v. supra) two students המַדְגִּילִים זה לזה וכ׳ who outwit each other with sophistries (Tosaf. to Ab. Zar. 22ᵇ). [Rashi: who form an assembly (דֶּגֶל) for studies, in the absence of a teacher.]