English
Etymology
wikipedia
Image:Us_yoyo_national_1a.jpg|thumb|right|Photograph of a national yo-yo champion in Chico, California
Formerly a trademark.
Pronunciation
audio|en-us-yo-yo.ogg|Audio (US)
Noun
en-noun
- A toy consisting of a spheroidal or cylindrical spindle having a circular groove in which string is wind|wound; it is used by holding the string in the fingers and reeling the spindle up and down by movements of the wrist.
- 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.
Translations
trans-top|toy
Finnish: jojo
French: yo-yo#French|yo-yo m
German: Yo-Yo n
Hebrew: ��־��
trans-mid
Hungarian: jojó
Japanese: ����
Spanish: yo-yo#Spanish|yo-yo m, yoyó m
Swedish: jojo c
trans-bottom
trans-top|volatile market
trans-mid
trans-bottom
trans-top|someone who vacillates
trans-mid
trans-bottom
Intransitive verb
rfc-trverb|Intransitive verb
en-verb
- To vacillate.
Derived terms
yo-yo dieting
See also
diabolo
whirligig
Category:Toys
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