Yo-yo
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English
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Etymology
Image:Us yoyo national 1a.jpg
Photograph of a national yo-yo champion in Chico, California
Formerly a trademark.
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Pronunciation
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Noun
Yo-yo (plural Yo-yos)
- A toy consisting of a spheroidal spindle, wound with string held in the fingers, that is reeled up and down by moving the wrist.
- (finance) A volatile market that moves up and down.
- (informal) Someone who vacillates.
- (informal) 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.
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Translations
toy
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volatile market
someone who vacillates
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Intransitive Verb
to yo-yo (third-person singular simple present yo-yos, present participle yo-yoing, simple past yo-yoed, past participle yo-yoed)
- To vacillate.
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Derived terms
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