yoyo

noun

  1. 1

    A toy consisting of a spheroidal or cylindrical spindle having a circular groove in which string is wound; it is used by holding the string in the fingers and reeling the spindle up and down by movements of the wrist.

    “I bought a yo-yo from the toy store yesterday.”
  2. 2

    A volatile market that moves up and down.

  3. 3

    Someone who vacillates.

  4. 4

    A cloth rosette formed by gathering the outside edge of a circle of fabric in toward the centre using a running stitch.

  5. 5

    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.”

verb

  1. 1

    To vacillate; to move up and down.

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