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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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to move up and down quickly, or to change repeatedly between one level and another: She said that her weight had yo-yoed over the years. They said that the price of fossil fuels is going to yoyo. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
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.
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 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.
Yo-yo definition: 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 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.
