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yo-yo
[ yoh-yoh ]
noun
- a spoollike toy consisting of two thick wooden, plastic, or metal disks connected by a dowel pin in the center to which a string is attached, one end being looped around the player's finger so that the toy can be spun out and reeled in by wrist motion.
- something that fluctuates or moves up and down, especially suddenly or repeatedly.
- Slang. a stupid, foolish, or incompetent person.
adjective
- Informal. moving up and down or back and forth; fluctuating; vacillating:
yo-yo prices; a yo-yo foreign policy.
verb (used without object)
- Informal. to move up and down or back and forth; fluctuate or vacillate:
Mortgage rates are still yo-yoing.
verb (used with object)
- Informal. to cause to yo-yo.
yo-yo
/ ˈjəʊjəʊ /
noun
- a toy consisting of a spool attached to a string, the end of which is held while it is repeatedly spun out and reeled in
- slang.a stupid person, esp one who is easily manipulated
verb
- informal.to change repeatedly from one position to another; fluctuate
adjective
- informal.changing repeatedly; fluctuating
Word History and Origins
Origin of yo-yo1
Word History and Origins
Origin of yo-yo1
Example Sentences
Garrett discusses being stop-lossed, which is a psychological yo-yo that really screwed him up.
I had to send it to the federal treasury because someone yo-yo scratched out their name on it.
There were these Japanese yo-yo experts who used to do exhibitions at the Woolworth.
Oh, for the good old days when Roy Acuff taught Richard Nixon how to use a yo-yo on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry.
Paul Dang shows off his incredible yo-yo skills and—perhaps more impressively—rocks a sweet baby blue jacket.
Then the Yo-Yo blew up, very quietly, as things do where there is no air to carry shock-and sound-waves, but very brilliantly.
That's pretty hard to keep track of, because I was like a yo-yo, back and forth from one parent to the other.
Bu-bu-bu-but wh-wh-what wo-wo-would th-th-the re-re-reb be-be-been do-do-doing; yo-yo-you in-in-infernal blockhead!
“Gabbi, gabbi,” said the dwarf, greatly excited; and when we turned towards it “Yo-yo-yo” in approval.
"I d—d—d—do promise, if—yo—yo—yo—you—don't—duc—" and in he went again.
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