yoyoed

Went up, down

Yoyoed is the past tense of yoyo, meaning to move repeatedly up and down or back and forth like the toy on a string.

Stock prices yoyo.

Weight yoyos when dieting fails.

Emotions yoyo during a breakup.

Her mood yoyoed between hope and despair.

Gas prices have yoyoed all summer.

fluctuated

varied

Differing in type

wavered · seesawed · bounced · rebounded · zigzagged · veered · alternated · ping-ponged · vacillated · gyrated

dieting

weight

Measure of heaviness

lost · gained · slimmed · ballooned · fluctuated · cycled · crashed · binged · restricted · metabolism

toy

string

Slender fiber or character sequence

trick · responsive · unresponsive · competition · bearing · axle · transaxle · butterfly · imperial · diabolo

unstable

volatile

Liable to sudden change

mercurial · temperamental · fickle · unsteady · irregular · turbulent · chaotic · sporadic · fitful · capricious

Opposites
stability/consistency

yoyoedstabilized

Made steady or constant

steadied · plateaued · leveled off · stayed put · normalized

Family

yoyo, yoyos, yoyoing

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G