yo-yo
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A small round toy on a string that you spin up and down
- noun
- /ˈjoʊˌjoʊ/
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yo-yo
- The child skillfully made the yo-yo rise and fall with a flick of his wrist.
- yo-yo trick
- yo-yo string
- spinning a yo-yo
Examples
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Where did this yo-yo come from?
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I love my yo-yo!
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Make the smaller yo-yo in the same way.
Blog text (19) -
I'll get you both new yo-yos.
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I'm going to China, and in my bag I'm taking a yo-yo.
Fiction book (1990) -
I tethered the yo-yo to my middle finger.
Fiction book (1997) -
Take turns spinning a yo-yo over your head, making certain that no object or person is in range of the swinging yo-yo.
Academic text (1992) -
Trevor is sitting at the other desk across from a hawklike man who is playing with a yo-yo.
Fiction book (2002) -
I let the yo-yo drop from my upturned palm, turned my hand over, and flexed my fingers.
Fiction book (1997) -
Adele's yo-yo skitters across the gravel road surface.
Fiction book (1993)
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word yo-yo comes from a Filipino word yóyo meaning 'come back', because the toy goes down the string and then returns to your hand.