to gyrate
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6.9
- verb
- /ˈdʒaɪreɪt/
:
girar
- The first skydivers tumbled out of the plane and gyrated madly before pulling their ripcord.
- gyrate wildly
- hips gyrate
- gyrating body
Examples
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The huge crowd of people gyrated to the music pounding from the band on the riverfront stage.
Fiction book (1995) -
Go-go girls in leopard suits gyrate to the music on raised platforms, oblivious to the violence around them.
Fiction book (1999) -
Because as you can see, oil gyrates like crazy.
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In the event of engine failure, the blades can automatically gyrate and bring the craft down.
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Note the fingers gyrating around the entertainment center.
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His 'crazy legs' were gyrating in six different directions all at the same time.
Academic text (2014) -
And just like that, my waist was responding, gyrating down to the floor.
Fiction book (1994) -
But more prominent in the room was the flickering pulse of Music Television, which gyrated throughout the meal.
Academic text (1992) -
As he stands, Jacob is surprised to find Jezzie facing him, gyrating in wild abandon.
Fiction book (1990) -
The dancer gyrated gracefully to the rhythm of the music.
Synonyms
231
1.7
To turn something so it becomes a curved or spiral shape
227
1.0
To make something turn around quickly
120
2.7
To move in a twisting or circular way
39
2.8
To spin something quickly so it turns in circles
39
4.0
To move in a curve around a center while rising or falling slowly
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2.1
To turn your body quickly in a circle many times
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2.3
Move in a round path around someone or something
10
3.6
Move in a circle around a central object, like planets around the Sun
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3.7
To move quickly in a circle, often through the air
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4.3
To spin quickly in circles and feel dizzy
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4.2
To turn quickly to face a different direction
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6.8
To move in a twisting spiral path
1
9.9
Move slowly in a circle around a spinning object's middle, like a top
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9.2
To move in a circle or spiral
To twist something into a tight coil
To twist or coil together into a spiral shape
To wind or twist inward in a spiral like a snail's shell
To move in slow twisting ways like smoke or vines
Move around something or someone in a circle
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
gyrate = gyration (semi-transparent) = gyr + ate
The verb is formed by the productive suffix '-ate' added to the combining form 'gyr-' (attested in English as 'gyration'); the construction is structurally clear but the root 'gyr-' is uncommon and may be unknown to many learners.
Etymology
Gyrate comes from the Greek word gyros, meaning 'circle'. So to gyrate is to spin or move in circles or spirals, like dancers or a planet turning around itself.