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Antonyms for yo yos
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : yoh-yoh |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈyoʊ yoʊ |
Definition of yo yos
Origin :- 1915, apparently from a language of the Philippines. Registered as a trademark in Vancouver, Canada, in 1932, the year the first craze for them began (subsequent fads 1950s, 1970s, 1998). The toy itself is much older and was earlier known as bandalore (1824). Figurative sense of any "up-and-down movement" is first recorded 1932. Meaning "stupid person" is recorded from 1970. The verb in the figurative sense is attested from 1967.
- As in dolt : noun stupid person
- As in shift : verb switch, fluctuate
- As in sway : verb move back and forth
- As in vacillate : verb go back and forth
- As in vary : verb change
- As in waffle : verb waver
- As in waver : verb shift back and forth; be indecisive
- As in alternate : verb take turns, change back and forth
- As in fluctuate : verb vacillate, change
Synonyms for yo yos
- about-face
- act reciprocally
- airhead
- alter
- alternate
- assort
- be indecisive
- be irresolute
- be unable to decide
- be undecided
- be unlike
- bend
- blockhead
- blow hot and cold
- boob
- bottom out
- budge
- careen
- change
- change gears
- change mind
- change one's mind
- chump
- clodpate
- come and go
- convert
- cook
- deliberate
- depart
- deviate
- dial back
- differ
- digress
- dilly-dally
- dimwit
- disagree
- dislocate
- displace
- dissent
- disturb
- dither
- divaricate
- diverge
- diversify
- divide
- do up
- dodo
- dope
- dork
- drift
- dumbbell
- dumdum
- dunce
- ebb and flow
- equivocate
- exchange
- falter
- fault
- fence-straddle
- fill in for
- flicker
- flip-flop
- fluctuate
- flutter
- follow
- follow in turn
- fool
- go up and down
- goon
- halt
- hedge
- hem and haw
- hesitate
- hover
- idiot
- ignoramus
- incline
- inflect
- interchange
- intersperse
- lamebrain
- lean
- lunkhead
- lurch
- meathead
- modify
- move
- move around
- move over
- mutate
- nitwit
- oscillate
- palter
- part
- pause
- pendulate
- permutate
- pulsate
- pussyfoot around
- quiver
- range
- rearrange
- recalibrate
- reel
- relieve
- relocate
- remove
- replace
- reposition
- rise and fall
- rock
- roll
- rotate
- run hot and cold
- sap
- seesaw
- separate
- shake
- shift
- shilly-shally
- ship
- shuffle
- simpleton
- slip
- stagger
- stir
- straddle
- stupid
- substitute
- swagger
- swap places
- sway
- swerve
- swing
- switch over
- tack
- take turns
- teeter
- totter
- transfer
- transform
- transmogrify
- transpose
- tremble
- trim
- turn
- turn around
- turn the corner
- turn the tables
- undulate
- vacillate
- variegate
- vary
- veer
- vibrate
- waffle
- wave
- waver
- weave
- whiffle
- wobble
- yo-yo
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