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    gy·rate
    /ˈjīˌrāt/

    verb

    • 1. move or cause to move in a circle or spiral, especially quickly: "their wings gyrate through the water like paddle wheels"

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  2. The meaning of GYRATE is winding or coiled around : convoluted. How to use gyrate in a sentence.

  3. to dance, especially in a sexual way: A line of male dancers gyrated to the music while the audience screamed their appreciation. (of prices, markets, etc.) to change quickly and often: As the markets gyrated, they rushed to hedge themselves against further currency swings.

  4. Gyrate definition: to move in a circle or spiral, or around a fixed point; whirl.. See examples of GYRATE used in a sentence.

  5. When things turn or spin on an axis, like the seats on a whirling amusement park ride, they gyrate. When you spin a top, you watch it gyrate . An axis is a fixed, imaginary point or line that something rotates around — the Earth, famously, turns on an axis.

  6. To gyrate means to turn round and round in a circle, usually very fast. The aeroplane was gyrating about the sky in a most unpleasant fashion. [ VERB preposition ]

  7. /dʒaɪˈreɪt/ /ˈdʒaɪreɪt/ [intransitive, transitive] Verb Forms. to move around in circles; to make something, especially a part of your body, move around. They began gyrating to the music. The leaves gyrated slowly to the ground. gyrate something As the lead singer gyrated his hips, the crowd screamed wildly. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.

  8. 1. To revolve around a fixed point or axis. 2. To move in a spiral or spirallike course. See Synonyms at turn. 3. To oscillate or vary, especially in a repetitious pattern: Stock prices gyrated around last week's high. adj. Biology. In rings; coiled or convoluted. [Late Latin gȳrāre, gȳrāt-, from Latin gȳrus, circle; see gyre .] gy′ra′tor n.

  9. gyrate meaning, definition, what is gyrate: to turn around fast in circles: Learn more.

  10. To gyrate means to turn around and around in a circle, usually very fast. 3. If things such as prices or currencies gyrate , they move up and down in a rapid and uncontrolled way.

  11. Jun 2, 2024 · gyrate (third-person singular simple present gyrates, present participle gyrating, simple past and past participle gyrated) ( intransitive) To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado . The stripper gyrated sexily around a pole.