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yo-yo

noun as in nincompoop

verb as in waffle

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Example Sentences

Garrett discusses being stop-lossed, which is a psychological yo-yo that really screwed him up.

I had to send it to the federal treasury because someone yo-yo scratched out their name on it.

There were these Japanese yo-yo experts who used to do exhibitions at the Woolworth.

Oh, for the good old days when Roy Acuff taught Richard Nixon how to use a yo-yo on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry.

Paul Dang shows off his incredible yo-yo skills and—perhaps more impressively—rocks a sweet baby blue jacket.

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.

That's pretty hard to keep track of, because I was like a yo-yo, back and forth from one parent to the other.

Bu-bu-bu-but wh-wh-what wo-wo-would th-th-the re-re-reb be-be-been do-do-doing; yo-yo-you in-in-infernal blockhead!

“Gabbi, gabbi,” said the dwarf, greatly excited; and when we turned towards it “Yo-yo-yo” in approval.

"I d—d—d—do promise, if—yo—yo—yo—you—don't—duc—" and in he went again.

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On this page you'll find 526 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to yo-yo, such as: arbitrary, careless, erratic, fickle, flighty, and helter-skelter.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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