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yo-yo
A yo-yo (also spelled yoyo) is a toy consisting of an axle connected to two disks, and a string looped around the axle, similar to a spool. It is an ancient toy with proof of existence since 500 BCE. The yo-yo was also called a bandalore in ...
is a toy.
Yo-yo may also refer to:
People
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Yo-Yo (rapper)
Yolanda Whitaker, also known as Yo-Yo (born August 4, 1971) is an American rapper and actress.
Much of Yo-Yo's music advocates female empowerment. She is the protégé of gangsta rapper Ice Cube. Yo-Yo has dubbed her crew the IBWC, Intelligent ...
(born 1971), American hip hop artist
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Yo-Yo Davalillo
Pompeyo Antonio Davalillo Romero a-va-LEE-yo(June 30, 1928 – February 28, 2013) was a Venezuelan people, Venezuelan professional baseball player and minor league Manager (baseball), manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop ...
(1931–2013), Venezuelan Major League Baseball player
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Yo-Yo Ma
Yo-Yo Ma (''Chinese'': 馬友友 ''Ma Yo Yo''; born October 7, 1955) is an American cellist. Born in Paris to Chinese parents and educated in New York City, he was a child prodigy, performing from the age of four and a half. He graduated from ...
(born 1955), Chinese-American cellist
Art, entertainment, and media
Music
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The Yo-Yos
The Yo-Yos are a British rock and roll band, formed in 1998 by ex-The Wildhearts bassist, Danny McCormack and Tom Spencer (ex- Sugarsnatch / The Lurkers), after the two met at a Toy Dolls recording session. The Yo-Yo's recruited Andy Selway ( ...
, a British rock band
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''Yo-Yo'' (album), a 1996 album by The Choirboys
Songs
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"Yo-Yo" (Billy Joe Royal song), a 1966 pop song, also covered by The Osmonds
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"Yo-Yo" (Joey Moe song), a 2009 pop song
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"Yo-Yo" (Nicola Roberts song), a 2012 electropop song
* "Yo-Yo", a 1981 rock song by The Kinks from ''
Give the People What They Want''
* "Yo-Yo", a 2001 dance-pop song by Mandy Moore from ''
Mandy Moore
Amanda Leigh Moore (born April 10, 1984) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She rose to fame with her debut single, "Candy", which peaked at number 41 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Her debut studio album, '' So Real'' (1999), recei ...
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Other
Science and technology
Air and space
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Aero Eli Serviza Yo-Yo 222, an Italian helicopter
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Yo-yo de-spin
A yo-yo de-spin mechanism is a device used to reduce the spin of satellites, typically soon after launch. It consists of two lengths of cable with weights on the ends. The cables are wrapped around the final stage and/or satellite, in the manne ...
, a technique for slowing the spin of rockets
* Yo-Yo, a
type of aircraft maneuver
Other
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Yo-Yo (ride)
The swing ride or chair swing ride (sometimes called a swing carousel, wave swinger, yo-yo, waver swinger, Chair-O-Planes, Dodo or swinger) is an amusement ride that is a variation on the carousel in which the seats are suspended from the ro ...
or swing ride, a type of amusement park ride
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Yo-yo dieting
Weight cycling, also known as yo-yo dieting, is the repeated loss and gain of weight, resembling the up-down motion of a yo-yo. Many dieters are initially successful in the pursuit of weight loss but unsuccessful in maintaining the loss long-term ...
, a phrase describing weight fluctuations experienced by dieters
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Yo-yo problem, an antipattern encountered in software development
Other uses
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Yo-yo (algorithm) Yo-Yo is a distributed algorithm aimed at minimum finding and leader election in generic connected undirected graph
Graph may refer to:
Mathematics
*Graph (discrete mathematics), a structure made of vertices and edges
**Graph theory, the study ...
, a distributed algorithm
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Yo-yo club
A yo-yo club is a sporting side that is regularly promoted and relegated. The phrase is most typically used in association football in the United Kingdom, especially in reference to promotion to and relegation from the Premier League.
The name ...
, in association football, a frequently relegated and promoted club
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Yo-yo Tsuri
A water balloon or water bomb is a balloon, often made of latex rubber, filled with water. Water balloons are used in a summer pastime of cooling off through water balloon fights. Water balloons are also popular for celebrations, including celebr ...
, a type of Japanese water balloon
* Yo-Yo, a sweet biscuit made in Australia by
Arnott's Biscuits
Arnott's Biscuits Limited is an Australian producer of biscuits and snack food. Founded in 1865, they are the largest producer of biscuits in Australia and a subsidiary of KKR.
History
In 1847, Scottish immigrant William Arnott opened a ...
* Yo-yo, a Venezuelan food made with
cooking bananas
Cooking bananas are banana cultivars in the genus ''Musa'' whose fruits are generally used in cooking. They may be eaten ripe or unripe and are generally starchy. Many cooking bananas are referred to as plantains (/ˈplæntɪn/, /plænˈteɪn/ ...
See also
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Yoyo (disambiguation)
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Jojo (disambiguation)
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Yo (disambiguation)
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