: 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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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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Verb
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
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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“Gyrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gyrate. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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gyrate
adjective
gy·rate
ˈjī-ˌrāt 
: winding or coiled around : convoluted
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