Usually means: Toy that ascends and descends.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word yo-yo:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. yo-yo: Merriam-Webster
  2. yo-yo: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. yo-yo: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. yo-yo, yo-yo: Collins English Dictionary
  5. yo-yo: Vocabulary.com
  6. YO-YO, Yo-Yo, Yo-yo, yo-yo: Wordnik
  7. yo-yo: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. yo-yo: Wiktionary
  9. yo-yo: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. yo-yo: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. yo-yo: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. yo-yo: Dictionary.com
  13. yo-yo: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. yo-yo: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Yo-Yo, Yo-yo: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. yo-yo: Rhymezone
  17. yo-yo: FreeDictionary.org
  18. yo-yo: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. yo-yo: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. yo-yo: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Yo-Yo: Investopedia

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. yo-yo: CCI Computer
  2. yo-yo: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. yo-yo: A Word A Day

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. yo-yo: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See yo-yoed as well.)

Definitions from WordNet (
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noun:  a toy consisting of a spool that is reeled up and down on a string by motions of the hand

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