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
Warner allegedly gyrates against another security guard’s neck at a show.
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Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
Nvidia — Shares of the chipmaker added 0.5% in midday trading, after gyrating earlier in the session.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2024
His Williams is always in motion: winking, gyrating, climbing in people’s laps.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Cue the topless men in fireman hats gyrating to save the venue.
—Charley Ross, Glamour, 23 Dec. 2024
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Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
Nvidia — Shares of the chipmaker added 0.5% in midday trading, after gyrating earlier in the session.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2024
His Williams is always in motion: winking, gyrating, climbing in people’s laps.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Cue the topless men in fireman hats gyrating to save the venue.
—Charley Ross, Glamour, 23 Dec. 2024
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The Zillion Direct’s slot panel is rectangular, and the plug is designed to fill the gap that’s created whenever a builder rotates the panel to enable a vertical graphics card orientation.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
15 Mar. 2025
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If trade tensions ease and growth metrics strengthen, investors may rotate away from defensive assets such as gold and back into growth equities.—
Garth Friesen,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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Nowadays, our conversations revolve more around sports and TV shows than our past jobs or adventures.—
Katharine Esty, Contributor,
CNBC,
16 Mar. 2025
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As the world marks yet another International Women’s Day on Saturday, the conversation revolves once more around progress made and hurdles yet to be overcome.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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Lausanne, where pulsing house beats and spinning vinyl records defined an era.—
Roberta Naas,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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Reductive as the outcome may be, the writer-director remains undeniably daring, spinning comedy from an inferiority complex and coming out on top.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Gyrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gyrate. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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