"yo-yo" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈjəʊ.jəʊ/ [UK], /ˈjoʊ.joʊ/ [US] Audio: en-us-yo-yo.ogg Forms: yo-yos [plural]
Rhymes: (UK) -əʊjəʊ, (US) -oʊjoʊ Etymology: Genericized trademark. Most likely from Ilocano yóyo, or another Philippine cognate. Etymology templates: {{gentrade|en}} Genericized trademark, {{bor|en|ilo|yóyo}} Ilocano yóyo, {{der|en|phi}} Philippine Head templates: {{en-noun}} yo-yo (plural yo-yos)
  1. 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. Translations (toy): jojo (Afrikaans), يُويُو (yūyū) [masculine] (Arabic), io-io [masculine] (Catalan), 搖搖 (Chinese Cantonese), 摇摇 (alt: jiu⁴ jiu⁴⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 溜溜球 (liūliūqiú) (Chinese Mandarin), jojo [neuter] (Czech), ޔޯޔޯ (yōyō) (Dhivehi), jojo [masculine] (Dutch), jojo (Finnish), yo-yo [masculine] (French), Jo-Jo [neuter] (German), Yo-Yo [neuter] (German), γιογιό (giogió) [neuter] (Greek), יו־יו (yoyo) (Hebrew), योयो (yoyo) [masculine] (Hindi), यो-यो (yo-yo) [masculine] (Hindi), jojó (Hungarian), jójó [neuter] (Icelandic), yo-yo [masculine] (Italian), ヨーヨー (yōyō) (Japanese), 요요 (yoyo) (Korean), yoyo [Rumi] (Malay), योयो (yoyo) [masculine] (Marathi), jojo [masculine] (Norwegian), یویو (yoyo) (Persian), jojo [neuter] (Polish), jo-jo [neuter] (Polish), ioiô [masculine] (Portuguese), йо-йо́ (jo-jó) [neuter] (Russian), йо́-йо (jó-jo) [neuter] (Russian), јо-јо [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), jo-jo [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), jojo [neuter] (Slovak), yo-yo [masculine] (Spanish), yoyó [masculine] (Spanish), jojo [common-gender] (Swedish), โยโย่ (yoh-yôh) (Thai), yo-yo (Turkish), йо-йо́ (jo-jó) [neuter] (Ukrainian), йо́-йо (jó-jo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), یو یو (yo-yo) [masculine] (Urdu)
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  2. (finance) A volatile market that moves up and down. Categories (topical): Finance
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  3. (informal) Someone who vacillates. Tags: informal
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  4. (aviation, military) 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. Categories (topical): Aviation, Military
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  5. (sewing) A cloth rosette formed by gathering the outside edge of a circle of fabric in toward the centre using a running stitch. Categories (topical): Sewing, Toys Translations (a cloth rosette): fuxico [masculine] (Portuguese)
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  6. (informal) A foolish, annoying or incompetent person. Tags: informal Categories (topical): People
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: high yo-yo, low yo-yo Derived forms: Chinese yo-yo, high yo-yo, low yo-yo, yo-yo despin, yo-yo dieting, yo-yoer, yo-yo mode, yo-yo reflux, yo-yo weight

Verb

IPA: /ˈjəʊ.jəʊ/ [UK], /ˈjoʊ.joʊ/ [US] Audio: en-us-yo-yo.ogg Forms: yo-yos [present, singular, third-person], yo-yoing [participle, present], yo-yoed [participle, past], yo-yoed [past]
Rhymes: (UK) -əʊjəʊ, (US) -oʊjoʊ Etymology: Genericized trademark. Most likely from Ilocano yóyo, or another Philippine cognate. Etymology templates: {{gentrade|en}} Genericized trademark, {{bor|en|ilo|yóyo}} Ilocano yóyo, {{der|en|phi}} Philippine Head templates: {{en-verb}} yo-yo (third-person singular simple present yo-yos, present participle yo-yoing, simple past and past participle yo-yoed)
  1. (intransitive) To vacillate; to move up and down. Tags: intransitive
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "搖搖"
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      "word": "Yo-Yo"
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      "code": "el",
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      "word": "יו־יו"
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      "sense": "toy",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "jójó"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "yo-yo"
    },
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      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "ヨーヨー"
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      "word": "یویو"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "йо-йо́"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "word": "โยโย่"
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      "word": "یو یو"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "rhymes": "(UK) -əʊjəʊ"
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      "rhymes": "(US) -oʊjoʊ"
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