yo-yos

Variant of yo-yo

yo-yo definition

☆ yo·-yo (yō′yō′)

noun pl. yo-yos yo′·-yos′

  1. a spool-like toy attached to one end of a string upon which it may be made to spin up and down
  2. Slang a person regarded as stupid, ineffectual, inept, eccentric, etc.

Etymology: < ?: the toy came to the U.S. from the Philippines

adjective

Informal up-and-down; fluctuating; variable

intransitive verb yo-yoed yo′·-yoed′, yo-yoing yo′·-yo′ing

Informal to move up and down; fluctuate; vary

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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