yo-yo
nounEtymology
Genericized trademark. Most likely from Ilocano yóyo, or another Philippine cognate.
- borrowed from yóyo
Definitions
A toy consisting of a spheroidal or cylindrical spindle having a circular groove in which…
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.
- I bought a yo-yo from the toy store yesterday.
A volatile market that moves up and down.
Someone who vacillates.
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A dogfighting maneuver involving the attacker temporarily exchanging altitude for…
A dogfighting maneuver involving the attacker temporarily exchanging altitude for airspeed, or vice versa, in order to rapidly catch up with the defender or to prevent an overshoot.
A cloth rosette formed by gathering the outside edge of a circle of fabric in toward the…
A cloth rosette formed by gathering the outside edge of a circle of fabric in toward the centre using a running stitch.
A foolish, annoying or incompetent person.
- It is hard to watch the management for very long and not conclude that the place is run by a bunch of yo-yos.
- Now look at them yo-yos, that's the way you do it
- Henry glanced past him at the few other customers currently in attendance. "Hey! Any of you yo-yos headed up Castle Hill?"
To vacillate
To vacillate; to move up and down.
- The yo-yoing stockmarket whizzed back up by around a quarter and then started to fall again.
The neighborhood
- neighborhigh yo-yo
- neighborlow yo-yo
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for yo-yo. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA