"yoyo" meaning in English

See yoyo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-yoyo.wav Forms: yoyos [plural]
Etymology: Genericized trademark. Likely from Ilocano yóyo or another Philippine cognate. Etymology templates: {{gentrade|en}} Genericized trademark, {{bor|en|ilo|yoyo|alt=yóyo}} Ilocano yóyo, {{der|en|phi}} Philippine Head templates: {{en-noun}} yoyo (plural yoyos)
  1. Alternative spelling of yo-yo Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: yo-yo
    Sense id: en-yoyo-en-noun-nAT9meiA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English genericized trademarks Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 50 50

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-yoyo.wav Forms: yoyos [present, singular, third-person], yoyoing [participle, present], yoyoed [participle, past], yoyoed [past]
Etymology: Genericized trademark. Likely from Ilocano yóyo or another Philippine cognate. Etymology templates: {{gentrade|en}} Genericized trademark, {{bor|en|ilo|yoyo|alt=yóyo}} Ilocano yóyo, {{der|en|phi}} Philippine Head templates: {{en-verb}} yoyo (third-person singular simple present yoyos, present participle yoyoing, simple past and past participle yoyoed)
  1. Alternative spelling of yo-yo Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: yo-yo
    Sense id: en-yoyo-en-verb-nAT9meiA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English genericized trademarks Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 50 50

Inflected forms

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