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low yo-yo

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.12 in modern English

Syllables
low y-o-yo
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A 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 attacker to cut across the defender's turn and catch up with the defender.

Inflected Forms

low yo-yos (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

high yo-yo

Questions

What does low yo-yo mean?
A 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 attacker to cut across the defender's turn and catch up with the defender.

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