gyrate

adjective

gy·rate | \ ˈjī-ˌrāt

Definition of gyrate

(Entry 1 of 2)

: winding or coiled around : convoluted gyrate branches of a tree

gyrate

verb

gyrated; gyrating

Definition of gyrate (Entry 2 of 2)

intransitive verb

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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Examples of gyrate in a Sentence

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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From their perch at The Top of The Standard, the glittering crowd gyrated with the Manhattan skyline on jagged display around them. — Ian Malone, Vogue, "Disco Was Not Dead at The Blonds’s After-Party," 13 Feb. 2019 As investors digested the earnings and guidance from Facebook officials, the stock price gyrated in after-hours trading. — Deepa Seetharaman, WSJ, "Facebook Growth Slows as It Revamps," 30 Oct. 2018 Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase, the first big United States banks to report their first-quarter results, reported on Friday that business was booming on their stock trading desks as markets gyrated wildly during the first three months of the year. — Emily Flitter, New York Times, "Bank Earnings Boom as Regulators Relax Rules," 13 Apr. 2018 That portion wiggles wildly as inflation expectations gyrate. — Ken Fisher, USA TODAY, "Investors: Why you shouldn't worry that rates will rise," 10 June 2018 The baby boomers were retiring, the markets were gyrating, companies were trying to get out of the pension business, and state and local pension plans were struggling. — Mary Williams Walsh, BostonGlobe.com, "Jeremy Gold, 75, actuary who warned of pension crisis," 14 July 2018 After weeks of watching stocks gyrate on rising and falling trade tensions, investors may be growing dangerously numb to trade fears. — Justin Lahart, WSJ, "How to Navigate the Tumult on Trade," 23 May 2018 Stocks have been gyrating on trade news, with Japan’s benchmark index rising 2.65% Tuesday on signs that the worst scenario of a trade war might be avoided. — Rhiannon Hoyle, WSJ, "U.S.-China Trade-War Crossfire Threatens Asia," 27 Mar. 2018 Their clients wanted slow, steady funding schedules that would pay for their workers’ benefits over the years without gyrating every time the markets soured or interest rates spiked. — Mary Williams Walsh, BostonGlobe.com, "Jeremy Gold, 75, actuary who warned of pension crisis," 14 July 2018

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