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gyrate/dʒʌɪˈreɪt/
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verbverb:
gyrate; 3rd person present:
gyrates; past tense:
gyrated; past participle:
gyrated; gerund or present participle:
gyrating
- Move or cause to move rapidly in a circle or spiral."the dog yelped frenetically, wildly gyrating her tail"
Similar:
- dance in a wild or suggestive manner. "strippers gyrated to rock music on a low stage"
- rotate, revolve, move in circles, go round in circles, circle, spiral, wheel, round, turn round, whirl, pirouette, twirl, swirl, spin, swivel
Originearly 19th century: earlier (early 17th century) as
gyration, from Latin
gyrat- ‘revolved’, from the verb
gyrare, from Greek
guros ‘a ring’.
From Oxford