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- Dictionaryyo-yo/ˈjəʊjəʊ/
noun
- 1. a toy consisting of a pair of joined discs with a deep groove between them in which string is attached and wound, which can be spun alternately downward and upward by its weight and momentum as the string unwinds and rewinds: trademark in UK "with a flick of the wrist, she sent the yo-yo spiraling down and watched it spin there"
- 2. a stupid, insane, or unpredictable person: informal North American "they think they're tangling with some small-town yo-yos, but they're not"
verb
- 1. move up and down; fluctuate: "popularity polls yo-yo up and down with the flow of events"
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used to describe something that moves up and down quickly, or something that changes repeatedly between one level and another: yo-yo dieting (= in which someone loses weight and then gains it again, repeatedly) It’s the yoyo syndrome - they break up, then get scared and run back to each other, only to break up again.
The meaning of YO-YO is a thick grooved double disk with a string attached to its center axle that is made to fall and rise to the hand by unwinding and rewinding on the string. How to use yo-yo in a sentence.
A yo-yo (also spelled yoyo) is a toy consisting of an axle connected to two disks, and a string looped around the axle, similar to a spool. It is an ancient toy with proof of existence since 440 BC. The yo-yo was also called a bandalore in the 17th century.
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.
A yo-yo is a toy made of a round piece of wood or plastic attached to a piece of string. You play with the yo-yo by letting it rise and fall on the string.
A yo-yo is a toy that's made of a string wound around two connected discs. The trick of a yo-yo is to drop the discs to the end of the string and flick them back up into your hand. When you learn to use a yo-yo, you can do tricks that involve the spinning discs and the string's tension.
1. a spoollike toy that is spun out and reeled in by an attached string that loops around the player's finger. 2. something that fluctuates or moves up and down, esp. suddenly or repeatedly. 3. Slang. a stupid, foolish, or incompetent person. v.i.
noun. /ˈjəʊ jəʊ/ (also Yo Yo™) (plural yo-yos, Yo Yos) a toy that consists of two round pieces of plastic or wood joined together, with a piece of string wound between them. You put one end of the string around your finger and make the yo-yo go up and down. He kept bouncing up and down like a yo-yo. Topics Games and toys c2. Definitions on the go.
Feb 5, 2018 · yo-yo definition: a small, round toy that you make go up and down on a string that you hang from your finger. Learn more.
Yo-yo definition: A toy consisting of a flattened spool wound with string that is spun down from and reeled up to the hand by motions of the wrist.
