yo-yo

== English == === Etymology === Genericized trademark. Most likely from Ilocano yóyo, or another Philippine cognate. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈjəʊ.jəʊ/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈjoʊ.joʊ/ (Australian) IPA(key): /ˈjəʉ.jəʉ/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈjɐʉ.jɐʉ/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈjo.jo/ (Wales, without the toe–tow merger) IPA(key): /ˈjoː.joː/ Rhymes: -əʊjəʊ === Noun === yo-yo (plural yo-yos) 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. Coordinate terms: diabolo, whirligig (finance) A volatile market that moves up and down. (informal) Someone who vacillates. (aviation, military) A dogfighting maneuver involving the attacker temporarily exchanging altitude for airspeed, or vice versa, in order to rapidly catch up with the defender or to prevent an overshoot. (sewing) A cloth rosette formed by gathering the outside edge of a circle of fabric in toward the centre using a running stitch. (informal) A foolish, annoying or incompetent person. ==== Hyponyms ==== (dogfight maneuver): high yo-yo low yo-yo ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: jojo → Italian: yo-yo ==== Translations ==== === Verb === yo-yo (third-person singular simple present yo-yos, present participle yo-yoing, simple past and past participle yo-yoed) (intransitive) To vacillate; to move up and down. ==== References ==== ==== Further reading ==== yo-yo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English yo-yo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /joˈjɔ/*, /jɔˈjɔ/* Rhymes: -ɔ === Noun === yo-yo m (invariable) (games) yo-yo === Further reading === yo-yo on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it yo-yo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana yo-yo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)