gyrate
to move in a circle or spiral, or around a fixed point; whirl.
Zoology. having convolutions.
Origin of gyrate
1Other words for gyrate
Other words from gyrate
- gy·ra·tor, noun
- mul·ti·gy·rate, adjective
- pseu·do·gy·rate, adjective
- un·gy·rat·ing, adjective
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How to use gyrate in a sentence
For now this is impossible simply because the price of bitcoins gyrates so wildly.
He gyrates back and forth in his plush red-velvet chair in his dressing room.
Jeff Goldblum on Theresa Rebeck’s ‘Seminar,’ Celebrity Death Hoaxes & More | Lorenza Muñoz | November 8, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIt gyrates over the Pole in a way to greatly astonish the uninitiated.
From sketch-book and diary | Elizabeth ButlerThe savage gyrates from age to age in the same narrow circle—never of himself advances beyond it.
I cannot conceal my interest in the behavior of that patriarchal bird whose wooden similitude gyrates on the church spire.
Yankee Gypsies | John Greenleaf Whittier
British Dictionary definitions for gyrate
(intr) to rotate or spiral, esp about a fixed point or axis
biology curved or coiled into a circle; circinate
Origin of gyrate
1Derived forms of gyrate
- gyratory (ˈdʒaɪrətərɪ, -trɪ, dʒaɪˈreɪtərɪ), adjective
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