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| yo-yo [ yṓ y ] |
noun (plural yo-yos) |
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1. toy with string wound on spool: a toy consisting of a long string wound onto a spool that is dropped and raised repeatedly using the force of gravity and momentum to unwind and rewind the string
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2. fluctuating thing: something that repeatedly goes up and down or fluctuates between one extreme and another
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3. offensive term: an offensive term that deliberately insults a person's intelligence or judgment
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slang insult
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intransitive verb (past and past participle yo-yoed, present participle yo-yo·ing, 3rd person present singular yo-yos) |
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fluctuate: to fluctuate between two extremes or directions
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| [Early 20th century. Origin ?] |
