yo-yoes

verb

present tense third-person singular of yo-yo
as in waffles

Related Words

Relevance

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for yo-yoes
  1. waffles
  2. hedges
  3. shakes
  4. evades
  5. eludes
  6. equivocates
  7. shuns
  8. eschews
Verb
  • Tacos at the waffle place, waffles at the chicken place; our cups indeed runneth over.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Berry Delicious Nutty Waffles Top 2 whole wheat waffles with 1/4 cup plain nonfat Greek yogurt, 1/2 cup berries, 2 tablespoons walnuts and a sprinkle of cinnamon.
    — Elisa Zied, Parents, 15 July 2026
Definition of waffles
Verb
  • Apple hedges across the supply chain, but these price rises illustrate systemic long-term pressure rather than short-term variations.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • For example, low-cost Irish airline Ryanair currently hedges 80% of its jet fuel costs, giving them a significant competitive advantage when fuel prices increase.
    — Tiago Ventura, Time, 26 June 2026
Definition of hedges
Verb
  • And the reduced flow of goods through one of the world’s most consequential shipping lanes could create a ripple effect that shakes the world’s economy.
    — Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Miami likely will hold off on signing a 15th player to a standard contract, at least for now, in order to see who shakes free in the buyout market.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of shakes
Verb
  • This skin-crawling faux-documentary concerns a prolific New York serial killer who evades capture despite recording his brazen crimes.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
  • However, Noussair Mazraoui evades Casemiro’s challenge far too easily before Bilal El Khannouss releases Achraf Hakimi on the far side.
    — Mark Carey, New York Times, 6 July 2026
Definition of evades
Verb
  • Max Mathews Everton With one week to go until the start of the season, a new right-back still eludes Everton.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Although Futterman adeptly surveys tennis’s stressors, the shape of the crisis that tennis faces, and its stakes, eludes him.
    — Josh Levin, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026
Definition of eludes
Verb
  • That’s 937 quarts…which equivocates to almost one ton per day.
    — Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The question of who stands against this darkness — and who equivocates — will be determined by civilizational identity.
    — Calev Myers, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2026
Definition of equivocates
Verb
  • Continue reading … POLITICS HEARTLAND HERO — Patriotic woman fills void after Dem gov shuns America's 250th birthday bash.
    — , FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • This strategy shuns grand openings, favoring subtle engagement and long-term commitment, guiding future US growth.
    — Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
Definition of shuns
Verb
  • The production eschews more newfangled effects like video projections.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The army that eschews it will be defeated by the one that adopts it.
    — Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of eschews
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

yo-yoed
yo-yoes
yo-yoing
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Yo-yoes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yo-yoes. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

Copy Citation
Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

Listen to the pronunciation of kith

See Definitions and Examples »

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

A Who’s Who Regarding ‘Who’s’ and ‘Whose’

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?

What's the difference between 'fascism' and 'socialism'?

Commonly Misspelled Words
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

Ye Olde Nincompoop: Old-Fashioned Words for 'Stupid'

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

Even More Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

The Words of the Week - Aug. 28

Why do we say 'break a leg'?
See More

Popular

See More

A Who’s Who Regarding ‘Who’s’ and ‘Whose’

Ye Olde Nincompoop: Old-Fashioned Words for 'Stupid'

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
skateboard-dog-hat
Wordmaxxing Slang Quiz Give your vocabulary a glow up by getting sendy w...
See All