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yo-yoed

yo-yoed is the simple past and past participle of yo-yo.

Meaning of yo-yo

Verb

yo-yo (third-person singular simple present yo-yos, present participle yo-yoing, simple past and past participle yo-yoed)

  1. (intransitive) To vacillate; to move up and down.
    • The yo-yoing stockmarket whizzed back up by around a quarter and then started to fall again.1990, The Economist, volume 316, page 93

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Questions about yo-yoed

What is yo-yoed the simple past and past participle of?
Yo-yoed is the simple past and past participle of yo-yo.

Words near yo-yoed in the dictionary

  1. yo-yo dieting
  2. yo-yo mode
  3. yo-yo reflux
  4. yo-yo weight
  5. yo-yo weights
  6. yo-yoed
  7. yo-yoer
  8. yo-yoers
  9. yo-yoing
  10. yo-yos
  11. Yoabu

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