yo-yo
Meanings
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.
- A volatile market that moves up and down.
- Someone who vacillates.
- 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 centre using a running stitch.
- A foolish, annoying or incompetent person.
verb
- To vacillate; to move up and down.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Genericized trademark. Most likely from Ilocano yóyo, or another Philippine cognate.
Derived words
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