1915, apparently from a language of the Philippines. Registered as a trademark in Vancouver, Canada, in 1932, the year the first craze for them began (subsequent fads 1950s, 1970s, 1998). The toy itse [..]

a toy in the shape of a reel, which spins up and down on a sting

also known as a Suffolk Puff or a Rosette, this is made by running stitches around the edge of a circle of fabric and pulling them tight to draw the fabric up. Turning the edge of the fabric over as you stitch, towards the wrong side, gives a neater look. Tie off your thread and apply the yo-yo, drawn side up, to your project. Amy Butler’s ‘Bloom Q [..]

a novelty technique in which circles of fabric are gathered into flat pouches and sewn together to make bedspreads or other items. The yo-yo technique has roots in 19th-century handwork, but became ve [..]

(n) a toy consisting of a spool that is reeled up and down on a string by motions of the hand

1. A toy which has two thick flat round sides and a peg between them around which is wound a string. The yo-yo goes up and down as the string is wound or unwound. 2. To rapidly switch between being up [..]

The art of retrieving a jig or lure straight up and down from the bottom to the top and enticing game fish to strike.

Yo-Yo is slang for a market characterized by very high volatility, where prices are bouncing up and down. It is a reference to the toy yo-yo.

A toy consisting of a spheroidal or cylindrical spindle having a circular groove in which string is wound; it is used by holding the string in the fingers and reeling the spindle up and down by move [..]

To climb a route in a style where, if you fall off, you return to the ground, leaving all your protection in place and then start climbing again after a rest. The yo-yo refers to the repeated up and d [..]