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gyrate

[ verb jahy-reyt, jahy-reyt; adjective jahy-reyt ]

verb (used without object)

gyrated, gyrating.
  1. to move in a circle or spiral, or around a fixed point; whirl.

    Synonyms: , , , ,



adjective

  1. Zoology. having convolutions.

gyrate

/ -trɪ; ˈdʒaɪrətərɪ; dʒaɪˈreɪtərɪ /

verb

  1. intr to rotate or spiral, esp about a fixed point or axis
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. biology curved or coiled into a circle; circinate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • gyratory, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ۲·ٴǰ noun
  • ܱt·۲ٱ adjective
  • d·۲ٱ adjective
  • ܲ·۲·Բ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of gyrate1

First recorded in 1820–30, gyrate is from the Latin word ̄ٳܲ (past participle of ̄ to turn around). See gyr-, -ate 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of gyrate1

C19: from Late Latin ӯ, from Latin ӯܲ circle, from Greek guros
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Example Sentences

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The team dressed in Santa hats and reindeer antlers, throwing the slowly gyrating microphone to each other to speak while candy canes floated around their heads.

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His Williams is always in motion: winking, gyrating, climbing in people’s laps.

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Zendaya, clad in a skintight dress, gyrates on a dance floor in “Challengers,” a $56 million sports drama that arrived in multiplexes on Friday.

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There he crouched with heavy-lidded, unseeing eyes, not asleep, not awake, not dead, not alive, still as a stone, gyrating with the world.

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To demonstrate their fondness for dancing, they had Siri play “Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars and then jumped, twisted and gyrated like teens at homecoming.

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