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yoyos

noun

Meaning

  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.
  2. A volatile market that moves up and down.
  3. Someone who vacillates.
  4. A cloth rosette formed by gathering the outside edge of a circle of fabric in toward the centre using a running stitch.
  5. A foolish, annoying or incompetent person.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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