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gyrate

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As a verb, gyrate means revolve round a central point. As an adjective, it means having coils or convolutions.

Meanings of gyrate

4 meanings

verb

  1. To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado.

    “The stripper gyrated sexily around a pole.”

  2. To wind or move in a spiral course

    “the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action”

    “black smoke coiling up into the sky”

    “the young people gyrated on the dance floor”

    Similar: spiral, coil
  3. Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis

    “The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy”

    Similar: spin, spin around, whirl, reel

adjective

  1. biologyHaving coils or convolutions.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

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verb: to wind or move in a spiral course
verb: revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
spinspin aroundwhirlreel

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