gyrate
1 of 2adjective
gy·rate ˈjī-ˌrāt 
: winding or coiled around : convoluted
gyrate branches of a tree
gyrate
2 of 2verb
gyrated; gyrating
intransitive verb
1
: to revolve around a point or axis
2
: to oscillate with or as if with a circular or spiral motion
gyrator
ˈjī-ˌrā-tər
noun gyratory
ˈjī-rə-ˌtȯr-ē
adjective 
Synonyms
Verb
- pinwheel
- pirouette
- revolve
- roll
- rotate
- spin
- turn
- twirl
- wheel
- whirl
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Example Sentences
Verb They gyrated to the music. the gyroscope got its name for the way the disk inside the instrument gyrates around an axis
Recent Examples on the Web
Christoph Rauwald, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2022 But the safest bet of all is that those odds will continue to gyrate in both directions between now and November 8. Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 12 Aug. 2022 The risk is that China’s GDP will gyrate indefinitely with spikes and plunges in infection rates. William Pesek, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022 Struggles gyrate to peak torque around the Full Moon in Capricorn on Wednesday, July 13th tied to Powerful Pluto opposite the Sun-Mercury in Cancer. Hilary Harley, SPIN, 1 July 2022 Many of those particles are electrically charged, and at these field strengths, the particles gyrate around the magnetic field lines at nearly the speed of light. Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 17 June 2022 These fish have a tendency to gyrate and just go crazy when trying to land them. Jim Gronaw, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 17 Oct. 2021 The bright-yellow contraptions jump, twist, and gyrate in eerily perfect synchronicity. BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2021 As with Allison and Wanda, her everyday life is so stifling that Sheila becomes fixated on a different version of herself, on an image she’d been taught conveys control: a skinny, peppy aerobics star who can gyrate to the beat. Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 20 June 2021 See More
Verb
Even as markets gyrate, Porsche has lined up investor interest for its IPO at a valuation of as much as 85 billion euros ($84 billion), people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg News last month. Christoph Rauwald, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2022 But the safest bet of all is that those odds will continue to gyrate in both directions between now and November 8. Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 12 Aug. 2022 The risk is that China’s GDP will gyrate indefinitely with spikes and plunges in infection rates. William Pesek, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022 Struggles gyrate to peak torque around the Full Moon in Capricorn on Wednesday, July 13th tied to Powerful Pluto opposite the Sun-Mercury in Cancer. Hilary Harley, SPIN, 1 July 2022 Many of those particles are electrically charged, and at these field strengths, the particles gyrate around the magnetic field lines at nearly the speed of light. Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 17 June 2022 These fish have a tendency to gyrate and just go crazy when trying to land them. Jim Gronaw, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 17 Oct. 2021 The bright-yellow contraptions jump, twist, and gyrate in eerily perfect synchronicity. BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2021 As with Allison and Wanda, her everyday life is so stifling that Sheila becomes fixated on a different version of herself, on an image she’d been taught conveys control: a skinny, peppy aerobics star who can gyrate to the beat. Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 20 June 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
Adjective
1830, in the meaning defined above
Verb
1830, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
gyrate
verb
gy·rate ˈjī-ˌrāt
gyrated; gyrating
: to move back and forth with a circular motion
The child made the top gyrate.
Medical Definition
gyrate
adjective
gy·rate ˈjī-ˌrāt
: winding or coiled around : convoluted
gyrations
noun
as in rotations
a rapid turning about on an axis or central point dizzy from the spirally gyrations of the roller coaster Synonyms & Similar Words
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- rotations
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- twirls
- spins
- wheels
- rolls
- revolutions
- twists
- pirouettes
- reels
- curls
- spirals
- orbits
- circles
- whirls
- circuits
- coils
- circulations
- rounds
- whorls
- swirls
- eddies
- rings