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1. (v.i.) gyrate
to move in a circle or spiral or around a fixed point; whirl; revolve; rotate.
2. (adj.) gyrate
Zool. having convolutions.
Etymology: (1820–30; < L g&ymacr;rātus rounded =g&ymacr;r(us)gyre+
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) gyrate, spiral, coil
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"
2. (verb) spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate
revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
"The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
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1. (adj) gyrate
winding or coiled round; curved into a circle; taking a circular course
2. (noun) gyrate
to revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to revolve
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