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yo-yoing

yo-yoing is the present participle and gerund 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-yoing

What is yo-yoing the present participle and gerund of?
Yo-yoing is the present participle and gerund of yo-yo.

Words near yo-yoing in the dictionary

  1. yo-yo weight
  2. yo-yo weights
  3. yo-yoed
  4. yo-yoer
  5. yo-yoers
  6. yo-yoing
  7. yo-yos
  8. Yoabu
  9. yoak
  10. yoake
  11. yoakes

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