: 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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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
But for Luna, a Filipina increasingly gyrating between giddy and mournful after pressing her new Korean friend Jane to join in gulping mug after mug of cheap wine — mounting inebriation largely fuels whatever action this play has — the law may lead to a dubious internalized fate.
—Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 3 Nov. 2025
Throughout the video, Slipknot lead singer Corey Taylor and the rest of the band continue performing, surrounded by gyrating heavy metal fans.
—Philip Joens, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
This spring, as global markets gyrated, some of the world’s most influential investors and executives sat in a Scottsdale, Ariz., conference room engaged in deep discussion.
—Justin Worland, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Staid mortgage behemoths gyrated like meme stocks.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
But for Luna, a Filipina increasingly gyrating between giddy and mournful after pressing her new Korean friend Jane to join in gulping mug after mug of cheap wine — mounting inebriation largely fuels whatever action this play has — the law may lead to a dubious internalized fate.
—Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 3 Nov. 2025
Throughout the video, Slipknot lead singer Corey Taylor and the rest of the band continue performing, surrounded by gyrating heavy metal fans.
—Philip Joens, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
This spring, as global markets gyrated, some of the world’s most influential investors and executives sat in a Scottsdale, Ariz., conference room engaged in deep discussion.
—Justin Worland, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
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“Gyrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gyrate. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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gyrate
adjective
gy·rate
ˈjī-ˌrāt 
: winding or coiled around : convoluted
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