Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [yoh-yoh]
- /ˈyoʊ yoʊ/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [yoh-yoh]
- /ˈyoʊ yoʊ/
Definitions of yoyo word
- noun plural yoyo a spoollike toy consisting of two thick wooden, plastic, or metal disks connected by a dowel pin in the center to which a string is attached, one end being looped around the player's finger so that the toy can be spun out and reeled in by wrist motion. 1
- noun plural yoyo something that fluctuates or moves up and down, especially suddenly or repeatedly. 1
- noun plural yoyo Slang. a stupid, foolish, or incompetent person. 1
- adjective yoyo Informal. moving up and down or back and forth; fluctuating; vacillating: yo-yo prices; a yo-yo foreign policy. 1
- verb without object yoyo Informal. to move up and down or back and forth; fluctuate or vacillate: Mortgage rates are still yo-yoing. 1
- verb with object yoyo Informal. to cause to yo-yo. 1
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Parts of speech for Yoyo
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adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
yoyo popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
Synonyms for yoyo
noun yoyo
- airhead — If you describe someone, especially a young woman, as an airhead, you are critical of them because you think they are not at all clever and are interested only in unimportant things.
- blockhead — a stupid person
- boob — A woman's boobs are her breasts.
- chump — If you call someone who you like a chump, you are telling them that they have done something rather stupid or foolish, or that they are always doing stupid things.
- dimwit — a stupid or slow-thinking person.
verb yoyo
- take turns — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- alter — If something alters or if you alter it, it changes.
- intersperse — to scatter here and there or place at intervals among other things: to intersperse flowers among shrubs.
- rotate — to cause to turn around an axis or center point; revolve.
- vary — to change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance: to vary one's methods.
adjective yoyo
- variable — apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods.
- bobbing — a tap; light blow.
- perpendicular — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
- uneven — not level or flat; rough; rugged: The wheels bumped and jolted over the uneven surface.
- vacillating — not resolute; wavering; indecisive; hesitating: an ineffectual, vacillating person.
Antonyms for yoyo
noun yoyo
- brain — Your brain is the organ inside your head that controls your body's activities and enables you to think and to feel things such as heat and pain.
- genius — an exceptional natural capacity of intellect, especially as shown in creative and original work in science, art, music, etc.: the genius of Mozart. Synonyms: intelligence, ingenuity, wit; brains.
verb yoyo
- remain — to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.
- stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
- hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- persist — to continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action, or the like, especially in spite of opposition, remonstrance, etc.: to persist in working for world peace; to persist in unpopular political activities.
adjective yoyo
- cautious — Someone who is cautious acts very carefully in order to avoid possible danger.
- constant — You use constant to describe something that happens all the time or is always there.
- predictable — able to be foretold or declared in advance: New technology allows predictable weather forecasting.
- reasonable — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- reliable — that may be relied on or trusted; dependable in achievement, accuracy, honesty, etc.: reliable information.
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