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gy·rate  (jrt)

intr.v. gy·rat·ed, gy·rat·ing, gy·rates

1. To revolve around a fixed point or axis.

2. To move in spiral or spirallike course. See Synonyms at turn.

3. To oscillate or vary, especially in a repetitious pattern: Stock prices gyrated around last week's high.

adj. Biology

In rings; coiled or convoluted.

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[Late Latin grre, grt-, from Latin grus, circle; see gyre.]

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gyrator n.

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gyrate

vb [dʒɪˈreɪt dʒaɪ-]

(Physics / General Physics) (intr) to rotate or spiral, esp about a fixed point or axis

adj [ˈdʒaɪrɪt -reɪt]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) Biology curved or coiled into a circle; circinate

[from Late Latin gȳrāre, from Latin gȳrus circle, from Greek guros]

gyratory  [ˈdʒaɪrətərɪ -trɪ dʒaɪˈreɪtərɪ] adj

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	gyrate - to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor" coil, spiral turn - change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs"
	2.	gyrate - revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy" spin, spin around, reel, whirl revolve, rotate, go around - turn on or around an axis or a center; "The Earth revolves around the Sun"; "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire" whirligig - whirl or spin like a whirligig

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gyrate

verb

1. dance, move, twist, writhe She began to gyrate to the music.

2. rotate, circle, spin, spiral, revolve, whirl, twirl, pirouette The aeroplane was gyrating about in the sky in a most alarming fashion.

Translations

gyrate [dʒaɪˈreɪt] VI (= spin) → girar; (= dance) → bailar enérgicamente

gyrate [dʒaɪˈreɪt] vi → tournoyer

gyrate

vi (= whirl) → (herum)wirbeln; (= rotate) → sich drehen, kreisen; (dancer) → sich drehen und winden

gyrate [ˌdʒaɪ/əˈreɪt] vi (spin) → roteare, girare (su se stesso); (dance) → volteggiare