yo-yon.

Brit.

/ˈjəʊjəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈjoʊˌjoʊ/

Etymology: Origin uncertain, but probably from one of the Philippines languages.

a. Also Yo-Yo. A toy in the form of two conjoined cones or discs with a deep groove between them in which a string is attached and wound, its free end being held so that the toy can be made to fall under its own weight and rise again by its momentum.A proprietary name in the United Kingdom.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [noun] > others

spurc1450

cock1608

turnel1621

corala1625

house of cardsa1625

Jack-in-the-box1659

(Prince) Rupert's Drops1662

sucker1681

whirligig1686

playbook1694

card house1733

snapper1788

card castle1792

Aaron's bells?1795

Noah's Ark1807

Jacob's ladder1820

cat-stairs1825

daisy chain1841

beanbag1861

playboat1865

piñata1868

teething ring1872

weet-weet1878

tumble-over1883

water cracker1887

jumping-bean1889

play money1894

serpentin1894

comforter1898

pacifier1901

dummy1903

bubble water1904

yo-yo1915

paper airplane1921

snowstorm1926

titty1927

teaser1935

Slinky1948

teether1949

Mr Potato Head1952

squeeze toy1954

Frisbee1957

mobile1957

chew toy1959

water-rocket1961

Crazy Foam1965

playshop1967

war toy1973

waterball1974

pull-along1976

transformer1984

Aerobie1985

1915 Philippine Craftsman Dec. 363 Sumpit (blowgun), pana (arrow), and yo-yo, however, are names very generally used throughout the islands.

1915 Philippine Craftsman Dec. 364 There is evidently some commercial possibility in Filipino toys, for a patent was recently secured upon the yo-yo by a firm in the United States.

1932 Trade Marks Jrnl. 2 Mar. 279/2 Yo Yo... All good included in Class 49 [i.e. toys and games equipment]. Henry Clement Conlin,..Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; merchant.

1932 Evening Standard 1 June 17/4 He asked me to hold his hand until he became proficient, and I experienced a queer thrill as I brought his hand slowly up and down to make the Yo-Yo respond to the twitch of the string.

1932 W. H. Auden in Rev. Eng. Stud. (1978) Aug. 281 In the year of my youth when yoyos came in The carriage was sunny and the Clyde was bright.

1933 D. L. Sayers Murder must Advertise vi. 99 Ginger brought a Yo-Yo to the office with him and broke the window in the boys' room practising ‘Round the World’ in his lunch-hour.

1958 Observer 12 Oct. 15/7 The yo-yo craze of the thirties.

1972 Daily Tel. 20 Dec. 14 Overall trading was at a low ebb and bored dealers spent a very quiet afternoon in yo-yo competitions and other pre-Christmas pastimes.

1984 New Yorker 23 July 76/2 They've got the right string but the wrong yo-yo.

b. The pastime of playing with a yo-yo.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > other amusements or entertainments > [noun]

swinging1610

shuggie-shue1653

bilboquet1743

kite-flying1804

cup and ball1836

kittly-benders1854

cakewalk1863

mudlarking1888

pogo1921

pogoing1921

yo-yo1932

waterball1950

laugher1973

karaoke1977

bouncy castle1986

paintball1987

bouncing castle1988

paintballing1989

zorbing1996

1932 Daily Express 2 July 3/3 Some boys playing yo-yo attracted the Queen's attention.

1932 Morning Post 15 July 10/5 Games similar to Yo-Yo have been played in almost every age.

2. figurative or in figurative context.

a. Something or someone going continually up and down, or to and fro; also, such a motion or fluctuation. Frequently used in comparative phrases referring to emotions or spirits rising and falling like a yo-yo.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [noun] > thing or person moving to and fro or up and down

tennis ball1589

yo-yo1958

1958 Listener 16 Oct. 623/2 What is it like to be a human yo-yo, driving all day on a ten-minute bus route.

1963 L. Deighton Horse under Water xi. 47 Singleton was jumping in and out of the water like a yo-yo.

1973 C. Bonington Next Horizon xii. 168 With a bit of luck the constant yo-yo between Scheidegg and the snow cave would be over.

1975 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Dec. 1496/4 Confronted by these dramatic developments, transport policy ceased to be the political yo-yo it had previously been.

1976 J. Grenfell Joyce Grenfell requests Pleasure xvi. 230 Our spirits went up and down like yo-yos.

1980 Times 13 Sept. 10/5 Alarming yo-yos in the quality of food and service.

1981 Daily Tel. 19 Oct. 25/4 (heading) Interest rates all a big yo-yo.

1984 S. Townsend Growing Pains Adrian Mole 23 Your emotions are up and down like a yo-yo.

b. A stupid person, a fool. U.S. slang.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > stupid person, dolt, blockhead > [noun]

asseOE

sotc1000

beastc1225

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nollc1475

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doddy-patec1525

noddypolla1529

hammer-head1532

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capon1542

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thickskin1582

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Dorbel1593

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Bœotiana1657

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Tom Cony1699

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cheesehead1900

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John1908

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moron1917

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drip1932

epsilon1932

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Nimrod1933

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knot-head1940

schlump1941

jarhead1942

Joe Soap1943

knuckle-head1944

nong1944

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rock-head1947

potato head1948

jerko1949

turkey1951

momo1953

poop-head1955

a right one1958

bam1959

nong-nong1959

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dumbo1960

Herbert1960

lamer1961

bampot1962

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bamstick1965

doofus1965

dick1966

pillock1967

zipperhead1967

dipstick1968

thickie1968

poephol1969

yo-yo1970

doof1971

cockhead1972

nully1973

thicko1976

wazzock1976

motorhead1979

mouth-breather1979

no-brainer1979

jerkwad1980

woodentop1981

dickwad1983

dough ball1983

dickweed1984

bawheid1985

numpty1985

jerkweed1988

dick-sucker1989

knob-end1989

Muppet1989

dingus1997

dicksack1999

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1970 New Yorker 28 Nov. 40 He would leer, and categorize them in a loud, mocking voice. (‘Weirdo’ was one of his favourite appellations; also ‘Freak’, ‘Yo-Yo’, and creep.)

1975 New Yorker 20 Jan. 29/1 Some yo-yo of a technician there pulls the control rods out of the core to polish them with Rally wax.

1978 V. Bugliosi Till Death us do Part xi. 325 I've got enough problems without some punk yo-yo threatening me.

Compounds

attributive. Marked by a continual up-and-down or to-and-fro motion; continually passing from and into a condition. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [adjective]

yo-yo1932

yo-yoing1968

1932 Amer. Speech 7 272 Yo-yo driller, a cable-tool driller.

1960 Spectator 30 Sept. 501 It isn't the industry's fault that we have a yo-yo economy.

1963 T. Pynchon V. i. 29 Though they only thought about one another at random, though her yo-yo hand was usually busy at other things, now and then would come the invisible, umbilical tug.

1977 Lancet 15 Oct. 792/1 There was no improvement in patients with severe on-off disabilities with freezing and rapid oscillations (‘yo-yo’ effect).

1979 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 22 Jan. 4/3 I want this job because all the jobs I've had have been yo-yo jobs, I've been laid off my job four times in the last six years.

Draft additions March 2009

spec. With reference to the phenomenon of repeatedly dieting and then regaining the weight so lost, as yo-yo dieting, yo-yo dieter, etc.

ΚΠ

1962 N.Y. Times 3 Oct. 48/7 (advt.) The case against yo-yo dieting.

1974 Sci. Digest May 36 (heading) Are you a ‘yo-yo’ dieter?

1992 Canad. Living Dec. 180 (advt.) Ninety-five to 98 percent of all diets fail, and the yoyo cycle of weight loss and gain merely creates metabolisms that have to work harder to burn fat.

2004 HealthFacts Aug. 5/2 Why don't we hear about the health risks of yo-yo dieting?

2007 D. Arneson Fries, Thighs, & Lies iii. 24 You're bound up in the yo-yo diet. Gain, lose, gain, lose, gain, lose.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

yo-yov.

Brit.

/ˈjəʊjəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈjoʊˌjoʊ/

Etymology: < yo-yo n.

1. intransitive. To play with a yo-yo.

ΘΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > other amusements or entertainments > [verb (intransitive)]

wawc1440

swing1662

quizc1790

sea-bathe1792

mudlark1870

pogo1921

yo-yo1932

to jump rope1934

1932 Daily Express 30 June 12/6 (heading) Do you yo-yo?

1973 N.Y. Times 14 Apr. 18/2 The idea is to go where the kids are and to teach them how to yo-yo.

2. figurative. To move up and down, or between one point and another; to fluctuate.

ΘΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > move to and fro or up and down [verb (intransitive)]

to come and goc1384

babble1440

play1513

popple1555

dance1563

bob1568

dodge1645

waft1650

reciprocate1678

lollop1851

pump1887

piston1930

yo-yo1967

1967 Punch 12 Apr. 514 The hard facts underlying our economic health—as opposed to the headlines and Treasury press releases—just don't yo-yo about like this.

1973 C. Bonington Next Horizon xi. 166 In those early stages of the climb we yo-yo'd back and forth between Kleine Scheidegg and the Rock Band.

1976 Time 20 Dec. 23/2 He has yo-yoed between 210 and 296 lbs., now carries a bulky 263.

1978 Sunday Times 21 May 53/1 City rates of interest have yo-yoed.

Derivatives

ˈyo-yoer n. one who plays or performs with yo-yos.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > other amusements or entertainments > [noun] > participants

swinger1712

kite-flyer1844

yo-yoist1933

yo-yoer1973

paintballer1989

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > other performances > [noun] > other performers

disourc1330

mountebank1566

fencer1572

gladiator1621

siffleur1827

geisha1887

pole-sitter1927

stunt man1930

flagpole sitter1931

yo-yoist1933

mnemonist1969

yo-yoer1973

1973 N.Y. Times 14 Apr. 18/2 When you're a professional yo-yoer, how can you take anything very seriously?

ˈyo-yoist n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > other amusements or entertainments > [noun] > participants

swinger1712

kite-flyer1844

yo-yoist1933

yo-yoer1973

paintballer1989

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > other performances > [noun] > other performers

disourc1330

mountebank1566

fencer1572

gladiator1621

siffleur1827

geisha1887

pole-sitter1927

stunt man1930

flagpole sitter1931

yo-yoist1933

mnemonist1969

yo-yoer1973

1933 Spectator 6 Jan. 23/2 Surely the unkind girl of figure fifty-eight is the precursor of the modern yoyoist.

1947 Sat. Evening Post 10 May 12 His Casper Milquetoast model for timid yo-yoists was lighter, and, he added, prettier.

Draft additions 1993

3. transitive. To manipulate or manoeuvre as a yo-yo. Usually with adverbial phrase indicating direction.

ΘΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > move to and fro or up and down [verb (transitive)]

work1617

reciprocate1653

pump1803

gig1815

dodge1820

pumphandle1851

trombone1879

yo-yo1973

1973 H. Gruppe Truxton Cipher (1974) xviii. 185 Quickly he unsnapped the harness before he was yo-yoed back aloft.

1984 W. Bayer Switch (1985) 224 I don't want the job if it means he gets to Yo-Yo me around.

1991 N.Y. Times 9 Nov. i. 37/4 The ski retailer gets yo-yoed more than ski areas... If we get good snow, the shops could run out of ski equipment.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	yo-yo
释义	yo-yon. Brit. /ˈjəʊjəʊ/, U.S. /ˈjoʊˌjoʊ/ Etymology: Origin uncertain, but probably from one of the Philippines languages. 1. a. Also Yo-Yo. A toy in the form of two conjoined cones or discs with a deep groove between them in which a string is attached and wound, its free end being held so that the toy can be made to fall under its own weight and rise again by its momentum.A proprietary name in the United Kingdom. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [noun] > others spurc1450 cock1608 turnel1621 corala1625 house of cardsa1625 Jack-in-the-box1659 (Prince) Rupert's Drops1662 sucker1681 whirligig1686 playbook1694 card house1733 snapper1788 card castle1792 Aaron's bells?1795 Noah's Ark1807 Jacob's ladder1820 cat-stairs1825 daisy chain1841 beanbag1861 playboat1865 piñata1868 teething ring1872 weet-weet1878 tumble-over1883 water cracker1887 jumping-bean1889 play money1894 serpentin1894 comforter1898 pacifier1901 dummy1903 bubble water1904 yo-yo1915 paper airplane1921 snowstorm1926 titty1927 teaser1935 Slinky1948 teether1949 Mr Potato Head1952 squeeze toy1954 Frisbee1957 mobile1957 chew toy1959 water-rocket1961 Crazy Foam1965 playshop1967 war toy1973 waterball1974 pull-along1976 transformer1984 Aerobie1985 1915 Philippine Craftsman Dec. 363 Sumpit (blowgun), pana (arrow), and yo-yo, however, are names very generally used throughout the islands. 1915 Philippine Craftsman Dec. 364 There is evidently some commercial possibility in Filipino toys, for a patent was recently secured upon the yo-yo by a firm in the United States. 1932 Trade Marks Jrnl. 2 Mar. 279/2 Yo Yo... All good included in Class 49 [i.e. toys and games equipment]. Henry Clement Conlin,..Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; merchant. 1932 Evening Standard 1 June 17/4 He asked me to hold his hand until he became proficient, and I experienced a queer thrill as I brought his hand slowly up and down to make the Yo-Yo respond to the twitch of the string. 1932 W. H. Auden in Rev. Eng. Stud. (1978) Aug. 281 In the year of my youth when yoyos came in The carriage was sunny and the Clyde was bright. 1933 D. L. Sayers Murder must Advertise vi. 99 Ginger brought a Yo-Yo to the office with him and broke the window in the boys' room practising ‘Round the World’ in his lunch-hour. 1958 Observer 12 Oct. 15/7 The yo-yo craze of the thirties. 1972 Daily Tel. 20 Dec. 14 Overall trading was at a low ebb and bored dealers spent a very quiet afternoon in yo-yo competitions and other pre-Christmas pastimes. 1984 New Yorker 23 July 76/2 They've got the right string but the wrong yo-yo. b. The pastime of playing with a yo-yo. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > other amusements or entertainments > [noun] swinging1610 shuggie-shue1653 bilboquet1743 kite-flying1804 cup and ball1836 kittly-benders1854 cakewalk1863 mudlarking1888 pogo1921 pogoing1921 yo-yo1932 waterball1950 laugher1973 karaoke1977 bouncy castle1986 paintball1987 bouncing castle1988 paintballing1989 zorbing1996 1932 Daily Express 2 July 3/3 Some boys playing yo-yo attracted the Queen's attention. 1932 Morning Post 15 July 10/5 Games similar to Yo-Yo have been played in almost every age. 2. figurative or in figurative context. a. Something or someone going continually up and down, or to and fro; also, such a motion or fluctuation. Frequently used in comparative phrases referring to emotions or spirits rising and falling like a yo-yo. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [noun] > thing or person moving to and fro or up and down tennis ball1589 yo-yo1958 1958 Listener 16 Oct. 623/2 What is it like to be a human yo-yo, driving all day on a ten-minute bus route. 1963 L. Deighton Horse under Water xi. 47 Singleton was jumping in and out of the water like a yo-yo. 1973 C. Bonington Next Horizon xii. 168 With a bit of luck the constant yo-yo between Scheidegg and the snow cave would be over. 1975 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Dec. 1496/4 Confronted by these dramatic developments, transport policy ceased to be the political yo-yo it had previously been. 1976 J. Grenfell Joyce Grenfell requests Pleasure xvi. 230 Our spirits went up and down like yo-yos. 1980 Times 13 Sept. 10/5 Alarming yo-yos in the quality of food and service. 1981 Daily Tel. 19 Oct. 25/4 (heading) Interest rates all a big yo-yo. 1984 S. Townsend Growing Pains Adrian Mole 23 Your emotions are up and down like a yo-yo. b. A stupid person, a fool. U.S. slang. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > stupid person, dolt, blockhead > [noun] asseOE sotc1000 beastc1225 long-ear?a1300 stock1303 buzzard1377 mis-feelinga1382 dasarta1400 stonea1400 dasiberd14.. dottlec1400 doddypoll1401 dastardc1440 dotterel1440 dullardc1440 wantwit1449 jobardc1475 nollc1475 assheada1500 mulea1500 dull-pate15.. peak1509 dulbert?a1513 doddy-patec1525 noddypolla1529 hammer-head1532 dull-head?1534 capon1542 dolt1543 blockhead1549 cod's head1549 mome1550 grout-head1551 gander1553 skit-brains?1553 blocka1556 calfa1556 tomfool1565 dunce1567 druggard1569 cobble1570 dummel1570 Essex calf1573 jolthead1573 hardhead1576 beetle-head1577 dor-head1577 groutnoll1578 grosshead1580 thickskin1582 noddyship?1589 jobbernowl1592 beetle-brain1593 Dorbel1593 oatmeal-groat1594 loggerhead1595 block-pate1598 cittern-head1598 noddypoop1598 dorbellist1599 numps1599 dor1601 stump1602 ram-head1605 look-like-a-goose1606 ruff1606 clod1607 turf1607 asinego1609 clot-poll1609 doddiea1611 druggle1611 duncecomb1612 ox-head1613 clod-polla1616 dulman1615 jolterhead1620 bullhead1624 dunderwhelpa1625 dunderhead1630 macaroona1631 clod-patea1635 clota1637 dildo1638 clot-pate1640 stupid1640 clod-head1644 stub1644 simpletonian1652 bottle-head1654 Bœotiana1657 vappe1657 lackwit1668 cudden1673 plant-animal1673 dolt-head1679 cabbage head1682 put1688 a piece of wood1691 ouphe1694 dunderpate1697 numbskull1697 leather-head1699 nocky1699 Tom Cony1699 mopus1700 bluff-head1703 clod skull1707 dunny1709 dowf1722 stupe1722 gamphrel1729 gobbin?1746 duncehead1749 half-wit1755 thick-skull1755 jackass1756 woollen-head1756 numbhead1757 beef-head1775 granny1776 stupid-head1792 stunpolla1794 timber-head1794 wether heada1796 dummy1796 noghead1800 staumrel1802 muttonhead1803 num1807 dummkopf1809 tumphya1813 cod's head and shoulders1820 stoopid1823 thick-head1824 gype1825 stob1825 stookiea1828 woodenhead1831 ning-nong1832 log-head1834 fat-head1835 dunderheadism1836 turnip1837 mudhead1838 donkey1840 stupex1843 cabbage1844 morepork1845 lubber-head1847 slowpoke1847 stupiditarian1850 pudding-head1851 cod's head and shoulders1852 putty head1853 moke1855 mullet-head1855 pothead1855 mug1857 thick1857 boodle1862 meathead1863 missing link1863 half-baked1866 lunk1867 turnip-head1869 rummy1872 pumpkin-head1876 tattie1879 chump1883 dully1883 cretin1884 lunkhead1884 mopstick1886 dumbhead1887 peanut head1891 pie-face1891 doughbakea1895 butt-head1896 pinhead1896 cheesehead1900 nyamps1900 box head1902 bonehead1903 chickenhead1903 thickwit1904 cluck1906 boob1907 John1908 mooch1910 nitwit1910 dikkop1913 goop1914 goofus1916 rumdum1916 bone dome1917 moron1917 oik1917 jabroni1919 dumb-bell1920 knob1920 goon1921 dimwit1922 ivory dome1923 stone jug1923 dingleberry1924 gimp1924 bird brain1926 jughead1926 cloth-head1927 dumb1928 gazook1928 mouldwarp1928 ding-dong1929 stupido1929 mook1930 sparrow-brain1930 knobhead1931 dip1932 drip1932 epsilon1932 bohunkus1933 Nimrod1933 dumbass1934 zombie1936 pea-brain1938 knot-head1940 schlump1941 jarhead1942 Joe Soap1943 knuckle-head1944 nong1944 lame-brain1945 gobshite1946 rock-head1947 potato head1948 jerko1949 turkey1951 momo1953 poop-head1955 a right one1958 bam1959 nong-nong1959 dickhead1960 dumbo1960 Herbert1960 lamer1961 bampot1962 dipshit1963 bamstick1965 doofus1965 dick1966 pillock1967 zipperhead1967 dipstick1968 thickie1968 poephol1969 yo-yo1970 doof1971 cockhead1972 nully1973 thicko1976 wazzock1976 motorhead1979 mouth-breather1979 no-brainer1979 jerkwad1980 woodentop1981 dickwad1983 dough ball1983 dickweed1984 bawheid1985 numpty1985 jerkweed1988 dick-sucker1989 knob-end1989 Muppet1989 dingus1997 dicksack1999 eight ball- 1970 New Yorker 28 Nov. 40 He would leer, and categorize them in a loud, mocking voice. (‘Weirdo’ was one of his favourite appellations; also ‘Freak’, ‘Yo-Yo’, and creep.) 1975 New Yorker 20 Jan. 29/1 Some yo-yo of a technician there pulls the control rods out of the core to polish them with Rally wax. 1978 V. Bugliosi Till Death us do Part xi. 325 I've got enough problems without some punk yo-yo threatening me. Compounds attributive. Marked by a continual up-and-down or to-and-fro motion; continually passing from and into a condition. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [adjective] yo-yo1932 yo-yoing1968 1932 Amer. Speech 7 272 Yo-yo driller, a cable-tool driller. 1960 Spectator 30 Sept. 501 It isn't the industry's fault that we have a yo-yo economy. 1963 T. Pynchon V. i. 29 Though they only thought about one another at random, though her yo-yo hand was usually busy at other things, now and then would come the invisible, umbilical tug. 1977 Lancet 15 Oct. 792/1 There was no improvement in patients with severe on-off disabilities with freezing and rapid oscillations (‘yo-yo’ effect). 1979 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 22 Jan. 4/3 I want this job because all the jobs I've had have been yo-yo jobs, I've been laid off my job four times in the last six years. Draft additions March 2009 spec. With reference to the phenomenon of repeatedly dieting and then regaining the weight so lost, as yo-yo dieting, yo-yo dieter, etc. ΚΠ 1962 N.Y. Times 3 Oct. 48/7 (advt.) The case against yo-yo dieting. 1974 Sci. Digest May 36 (heading) Are you a ‘yo-yo’ dieter? 1992 Canad. Living Dec. 180 (advt.) Ninety-five to 98 percent of all diets fail, and the yoyo cycle of weight loss and gain merely creates metabolisms that have to work harder to burn fat. 2004 HealthFacts Aug. 5/2 Why don't we hear about the health risks of yo-yo dieting? 2007 D. Arneson Fries, Thighs, & Lies iii. 24 You're bound up in the yo-yo diet. Gain, lose, gain, lose, gain, lose. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). yo-yov. Brit. /ˈjəʊjəʊ/, U.S. /ˈjoʊˌjoʊ/ Etymology: < yo-yo n. 1. intransitive. To play with a yo-yo. ΘΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > other amusements or entertainments > [verb (intransitive)] wawc1440 swing1662 quizc1790 sea-bathe1792 mudlark1870 pogo1921 yo-yo1932 to jump rope1934 1932 Daily Express 30 June 12/6 (heading) Do you yo-yo? 1973 N.Y. Times 14 Apr. 18/2 The idea is to go where the kids are and to teach them how to yo-yo. 2. figurative. To move up and down, or between one point and another; to fluctuate. ΘΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > move to and fro or up and down [verb (intransitive)] to come and goc1384 babble1440 play1513 popple1555 dance1563 bob1568 dodge1645 waft1650 reciprocate1678 lollop1851 pump1887 piston1930 yo-yo1967 1967 Punch 12 Apr. 514 The hard facts underlying our economic health—as opposed to the headlines and Treasury press releases—just don't yo-yo about like this. 1973 C. Bonington Next Horizon xi. 166 In those early stages of the climb we yo-yo'd back and forth between Kleine Scheidegg and the Rock Band. 1976 Time 20 Dec. 23/2 He has yo-yoed between 210 and 296 lbs., now carries a bulky 263. 1978 Sunday Times 21 May 53/1 City rates of interest have yo-yoed. Derivatives ˈyo-yoer n. one who plays or performs with yo-yos. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > other amusements or entertainments > [noun] > participants swinger1712 kite-flyer1844 yo-yoist1933 yo-yoer1973 paintballer1989 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > other performances > [noun] > other performers disourc1330 mountebank1566 fencer1572 gladiator1621 siffleur1827 geisha1887 pole-sitter1927 stunt man1930 flagpole sitter1931 yo-yoist1933 mnemonist1969 yo-yoer1973 1973 N.Y. Times 14 Apr. 18/2 When you're a professional yo-yoer, how can you take anything very seriously? ˈyo-yoist n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > other amusements or entertainments > [noun] > participants swinger1712 kite-flyer1844 yo-yoist1933 yo-yoer1973 paintballer1989 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > other performances > [noun] > other performers disourc1330 mountebank1566 fencer1572 gladiator1621 siffleur1827 geisha1887 pole-sitter1927 stunt man1930 flagpole sitter1931 yo-yoist1933 mnemonist1969 yo-yoer1973 1933 Spectator 6 Jan. 23/2 Surely the unkind girl of figure fifty-eight is the precursor of the modern yoyoist. 1947 Sat. Evening Post 10 May 12 His Casper Milquetoast model for timid yo-yoists was lighter, and, he added, prettier. Draft additions 1993 3. transitive. To manipulate or manoeuvre as a yo-yo. Usually with adverbial phrase indicating direction. ΘΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > move to and fro or up and down [verb (transitive)] work1617 reciprocate1653 pump1803 gig1815 dodge1820 pumphandle1851 trombone1879 yo-yo1973 1973 H. Gruppe Truxton Cipher (1974) xviii. 185 Quickly he unsnapped the harness before he was yo-yoed back aloft. 1984 W. Bayer Switch (1985) 224 I don't want the job if it means he gets to Yo-Yo me around. 1991 N.Y. Times 9 Nov. i. 37/4 The ski retailer gets yo-yoed more than ski areas... If we get good snow, the shops could run out of ski equipment. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1915v.1932
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