Definitions for yo-yoˈyoʊ yoʊ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

yo-yoˈyoʊ yoʊ(n.)(pl.)-yos

  1. (n.)a spoollike toy that is spun out and reeled in by an attached string that loops around the player's finger.

    Category: Games

  2. something that fluctuates or moves up and down, esp. suddenly or repeatedly.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

  3. Slang. a stupid, foolish, or incompetent person.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

  4. (v.i.)to move up and down or back and forth; fluctuate or vacillate.

    Category: Common Vocabulary, Informal

Origin of yo-yo:

earlier, a U.S. trademark for such a toy (1932); recorded in 1915 as the name of a Philippine toy

Princeton's WordNet

  1. yo-yo(noun)

    a toy consisting of a spool that is reeled up and down on a string by motions of the hand

Wiktionary

  1. yo-yo(Noun)

    A toy consisting of a spheroidal or cylindrical spindle having a circular groove in which string is wound; it is used by holding the string in the fingers and reeling the spindle up and down by movements of the wrist.

  2. yo-yo(Noun)

    A volatile market that moves up and down.

  3. yo-yo(Verb)

    To vacillate; to move up and down.


Translations for yo-yo

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Yo-yo®(noun)

a type of toy, consisting of a pair of discs made of wood, metal etc with a groove between them round which a piece of string is tied, the toy being made to run up and down the string

going up and down like a yo-yo.

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