: winding or coiled around : convoluted
gyrate branches of a tree
gyrated; gyrating
1
: to revolve around a point or axis
2
: to oscillate with or as if with a circular or spiral motion
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Verb
They gyrated to the music.
the gyroscope got its name for the way the disk inside the instrument gyrates around an axis
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Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 6 Nov. 2024
Back at The Railway, women dancing on podiums are gyrating with their bare backsides hanging in the air.
—Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 15 July 2024
Charli and her friend and collaborator Troye Sivan — who is finally serving 2023’s Something to Give Each Other Stateside — will gyrate across North American arenas with special guest Shygirl.
—Quinn Moreland, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2024
Roster gyrates up a storm as Maurice wiggles his way back into the picture, indulging in double entendres astride the baby grand.
—Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
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Verb
Billionaire Elon Musk owns Twitter, now X, and has shouted and gyrated his unconditional support for Donald Trump and made huge donations or expenditures in Trump’s favor in hopes of winning fat government contracts and a plum position in a Trump administration.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 6 Nov. 2024
Back at The Railway, women dancing on podiums are gyrating with their bare backsides hanging in the air.
—Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 15 July 2024
Charli and her friend and collaborator Troye Sivan — who is finally serving 2023’s Something to Give Each Other Stateside — will gyrate across North American arenas with special guest Shygirl.
—Quinn Moreland, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2024
Roster gyrates up a storm as Maurice wiggles his way back into the picture, indulging in double entendres astride the baby grand.
—Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Gyrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gyrate. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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gyrate
adjective
gy·rate
ˈjī-ˌrāt 
: winding or coiled around : convoluted
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