yo-yonoun [ C ]
uk/ˈjəʊ.jəʊ/us/ˈjoʊ.joʊ/plural yo-yos trademarka toy consisting of a circular object that can be made to go up and down a long piece of string to which it is tied
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Toys & dolls
- action figure
- beanbag
- building block
- cat's cradle
- go-kart
- golliwog
- golly
- gyro
- gyroscope
- hand puppet
- kaleidoscope
- marble
- pinwheel
- Play-Doh
- sandcastle
- scooter
- soft toy
- teddy
- trike
- windmill
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yo-yoadjective
uk/ˈjəʊ.jəʊ/us/ˈjoʊ.joʊ/used to refer to something that moves up and down quickly, or something that changes repeatedly between one level and another:
yo-yo dieting
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Changing frequently
- butterfly
- capricious
- changeable
- dipsy-doodle
- elasticity
- fickle
- flighty
- inconstant
- inflammable
- kaleidoscopic
- mercurial
- mutable
- patchy
- shifting
- stutter
- turbulent
- unpredictable
- variable
- volatile
- zigzag
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Changing direction
yo-yoverb [ I ]
uk/ˈjəʊ.jəʊ//ˈjoʊ.joʊ/to move up and down quickly, or to change repeatedly between one level and another:
She said that her weight had yo-yoed over the years.