Synonyms for yo-yo

Grammar : Adj, noun, verb

Spell : yoh-yoh

Phonetic Transcription : ˈyoʊ yoʊ

Top 10 synonyms for yo-yo

Other synonyms for the word yo-yo

Définition of yo-yo

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 mercurial : adj flighty, temperamental
As in variable : adj changing, changeable
As in retarded : adj limited
As in capricious : adj given to sudden behavior change
As in fickle : adj vacillating, blowing hot and cold
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

Example sentences :

The ships that raided them were the Enterprise and the Yo-Yo.
Extract from : « Space Viking » by Henry Beam Piper

Then the Yo-Yo blew up, very quietly, as things do where there is no air to carry shock-and sound-waves, but very brilliantly.
Extract from : « Space Viking » by Henry Beam Piper

That's pretty hard to keep track of, because I was like a yo-yo, back and forth from one parent to the other.
Extract from : « Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

Antonyms for yo-yo

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