as in to rotate
to move in circles around an axis or center
the gyroscope got its name for the way the disk inside the instrument gyrates around an axis
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Recent Examples of gyrate
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.
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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
Even amid the gyrating, straddling, and grinding, the most eye-popping detail may very well be the titular protagonist’s luscious brunette lengths shimmering with pink and purple tinsel.
—Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2024
Markets were volatile to begin October, as escalating conflict between Israel and Iran sent stocks gyrating and crude prices higher.
—Krystal Hur, CNN, 6 Oct. 2024
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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
Even amid the gyrating, straddling, and grinding, the most eye-popping detail may very well be the titular protagonist’s luscious brunette lengths shimmering with pink and purple tinsel.
—Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2024
Markets were volatile to begin October, as escalating conflict between Israel and Iran sent stocks gyrating and crude prices higher.
—Krystal Hur, CNN, 6 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gyrate
Verb
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Triples sees the three players on a team rotate who hits shots as well as taking turns to tee off.—
Ben Church,
CNN,
15 Jan. 2025
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My encounters with dancing baseball players and rotating snow brooms were not grist for the mill of public discussion; this experience was unique to me.—
Cal Newport,
The New Yorker,
15 Jan. 2025
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Image Image The next several weeks revolved entirely around his recovery, but Areej was not hopeful that his body or soul would ever heal.—
Alia Malek,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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Many of the action showpieces revolve not around Fok, but rather MC Cheung’s young and agile cop Lee, who came up under the inspector’s mentorship and continues to take down bad guys the old-fashioned way.—
James Marsh,
Deadline,
10 Jan. 2025
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Scientists traced one to the turbulent, magnetically active region around a rapidly spinning star called a magnetar.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
26 Jan. 2025
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Accelerate Gradually Avoid sudden acceleration, which can cause tires to spin.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
25 Jan. 2025
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“Gyrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gyrate. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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