gyration

[jahy-rey-shuhn]

noun

1. the act of gyrating; circular or spiral motion; revolution; rotation; whirling.

Other Word Forms

• gyrational adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of gyration¹

First recorded in 1605–15, gyration is from the Late Latin word gȳrātiōn- (stem of gȳrātiō ). See gyrate, -ion

Example Sentences

“I hope the weight of how bad this looks collapses on them before we even have to go through these gyrations, and millions and millions of dollars.”

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Halfway between the classic “You Can Leave Your Hat On” and some seriously sensuous gyrations to Bon Jovi’s “Bed of Roses,” I shed my usual caution and started to have fun.

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He manages to convince us that even after decades in absentia, Moretti’s gyrations are enthralling.

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As she put together the program this summer, with the presidential campaign going through head-snapping gyrations, Huntsinger says the political theme emerged organically rather than out of any doctrinaire impulse.

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The monthly gyrations in consumer prices, job growth and other indicators matter intensely to investors, for whom every hundredth of a percentage point in Treasury yields can affect billions of dollars in trades.

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