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yo-yos

  • plural
    of yo-yo.
    yo-yo
    noun
    a spoollike toy consisting of two thick wooden, plastic, or metal disks connected by a dowel pin in the center to which a string is attached, one end being looped around the player's finger so that the toy can be spun out and reeled in by wrist motion.
  • present tense form
    of yo-yo (3rd person singular).
    yo-yo
    noun
    a spoollike toy consisting of two thick wooden, plastic, or metal disks connected by a dowel pin in the center to which a string is attached, one end being looped around the player's finger so that the toy can be spun out and reeled in by wrist motion.

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Duncan Toys has been producing yo-yos, flying discs and model gliders in China, and Washington's escalating tariffs with Beijing last year similarly forced him to pause imports.

From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026

Documentaries about niche subcultures abound: dog dancing, science fairs, yo-yos.

From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2024

But the business slowly expanded and by 1986 Christian and Sylviane's company, CSP Diffusion, opened its first factory in our hometown, Oyonnax, making various plastic items such as hairbands, combs and even yo-yos.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2022

As the weather yo-yos between wintry flurries, springlike showers and summery warmth, alfresco dining can feel like a roll of the dice.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 24, 2022

He yo-yos between the kitchen and his bedroom, and that's about it.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon