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Gyrate   /dʒˈaɪrˌeɪt/   Listen
verb
Gyrate  v. i.  (past & past part. gyrated; pres. part. gyrating)  To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to revolve.



adjective
Gyrate  adj.  Winding or coiled round; curved into a circle; taking a circular course.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Gyrate" Quotes from Famous Books



... personal attractions, so worn out by idiotic and lumpish people, Fanny passed into the balcony for a breath of air. Waters of vexation filled her eyes; and they had the effect of making the famous Mr Merdle, in going down the street, appear to leap, and waltz, and gyrate, as if he were possessed of ...
— Little Dorrit • Charles Dickens

... she said, "you're perfectly lovely, great-stepuncle. Are we both going to drink out of the same cup?" In such manner did the current of her talk gyrate and ...
— Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) • Arnold Bennett

... morning, between the Ham and Eggs, she glanced at her double-entry Date Book and began to gyrate. ...
— Ade's Fables • George Ade

... to gyrate over and under their horses in a dizzy way. Some had taken their saddles off and now sat on their horses' bellies, while the big dog-like animals lay on their backs, with their feet in the air. It was circus business, or what they call "short and long horse" ...
— Crooked Trails • Frederic Remington



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