Phrase Hound found 36 phrases and 175 compound words that contain yo. The most common are listed below. Open yo in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 36
- yo-yoA 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 movements of the wrist.
- yo-ho-hoA cry associated with pirates and seafaring, originally a repetitive chant intended to synchronize workers performing some collective physical labour, such as hauling on a rope.
- yo-yo clubA club that experiences a run of alternating promotions and relegations in quick succession.
- yo-yo dietingA series of failed diets that cause a person to lose and gain weight alternately.
- yo mommaA general purpose insult.
- yo-hoA call for attention.
- yo-weightA weight unreeled from a discarded rocket stage to unbalance the stage and cause it to tumble, preventing the stage's residual thrust from causing it to ram the payload that discarded the stage.
- high yo-yoA dogfighting maneuver used by a rapidly-closing attacker to avoid an overshoot during a turn, involving pulling up into a climb to exchange airspeed for altitude and allow the attacker to make a slower, tighter turn and drop back down …
- yo mamaAlternative spelling of yo momma: A general purpose insult.
- Chinese yo-yoSynonym of diabolo: A juggling apparatus consisting of a spool which is whirled and tossed on a string attached to handsticks.
- low yo-yoA dogfighting maneuver used to increase the closure rate of the attacker during a turn, involving the attacker temporarily giving up some altitude to simultaneously increase airspeed and allow them to turn more steeply, enabling the …
- yo mammaPronunciation spelling of your mom.
- fro-yoClipping of frozen yoghurt: A frozen dessert made from yogurt or other dairy products, slightly tarter than ice cream and lower in fat.
- yo-he-ho theoryA speculative theory that human language emerged from instinctive noises made by humans during physical exertion, and especially while involved in collective rhythmic labor.
- yo-yo de-spinAlternative form of yo-yo despin: A method of reducing the rotation rate of a rapidly-spinning spacecraft by unreeling a pair of weights from the spinning spacecraft, greatly increasing the spacecraft's moment of inertia and transferring …
- yo-yosplural of 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 movements of the wrist.
- yo-yo despinA method of reducing the rotation rate of a rapidly-spinning spacecraft by unreeling a pair of weights from the spinning spacecraft, greatly increasing the spacecraft's moment of inertia and transferring most of the spacecraft's angular …
- yo-yoingpresent participle and gerund of yo-yo
- yo-weightsplural of yo-weight: A weight unreeled from a discarded rocket stage to unbalance the stage and cause it to tumble, preventing the stage's residual thrust from causing it to ram the payload that discarded the stage.
- yo-he-hoAlternative form of yo-heave-ho: A repetitive call made in order to synchronise workers performing some collective physical labour, such as hauling on a rope.
- yo-yo clubsplural of yo-yo club: A club that experiences a run of alternating promotions and relegations in quick succession.
- yo-yo modeThe condition of having repeated intermittent failures, such that the system alternates between being up and down.
- yo-yo weightOne of the weights unreeled from a spacecraft during yo-yo despin to reduce the spacecraft's rotation rate.
- yo-yo weightsplural of yo-yo weight: One of the weights unreeled from a spacecraft during yo-yo despin to reduce the spacecraft's rotation rate.
- yo tumblerA yo-weight.
Compound words 175
- YoismAn "open-source religion"; a communal belief system based on rational inquiry, empiricism, and science, whose sense of authority emerges from the group via consensus.
- yoselvesYo (plural), used as the object of a verb or preposition, referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned.
- youngIn the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.
- TokyoA prefecture and capital city of Japan.
- youngercomparative form of young: more young
- YolandaA female given name from Spanish.
- YosemiteAn area of California, home to Yosemite National Park.
- youreMisspelling of you're.
- yokelA person from or living in the countryside, viewed as being unsophisticated or naive.
- yodelTo sing (a song) in such a way that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and falsetto.