yo-yo
wordnet sense
Verb
yo-yos, plural;
/ˈyō ˌyō/,
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yo-yos, plural;
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Move up and down; fluctuate
- - popularity polls yo-yo up and down with the flow of events
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Manipulate or maneuver (someone or something)
- - I don't want the job if it means he gets to yo-yo me around
Noun
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A toy consisting of a pair of joined discs with a deep groove between them in which string is attached and wound, which can be spun alternately downward and upward by its weight and momentum as the string unwinds and rewinds
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A thing that repeatedly falls and rises again
- - the yo-yo syndrome of repeatedly losing weight and gaining it again
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A stupid, insane, or unpredictable person