yo-yo
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
yo-yo (plural yo-yos)
- 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.
- cot en
- I bought a yo-yo from the toy store yesterday.
- (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.
- French: yo-yo
- German: Jo-Jo, Yo-Yo
- Portuguese: ioiô
- Russian: йо-йо́
- Spanish: yo-yo, yoyó
- Ukrainian: йо-йо́
yo-yo (yo-yos, present participle yo-yoing; past and past participle yo-yoed)
- (intransitive) To vacillate; to move up and down.
- 1990, The Economist (volume 316, page 93)
- The yo-yoing stockmarket whizzed back up by around a quarter and then started to fall again.
- 1990, The Economist (volume 316, page 93)
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