yo-yo

  1. Noun.  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. Noun.  (finance) A volatile market that moves up and down.
  3. Noun.  (informal) Someone who vacillates.
  4. Noun.  (informal) A foolish, annoying or incompetent person.
  5. Verb.  (intransitive) To vacillate; to move up and down.

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