: 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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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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Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2024
Even as the public markets gyrate in the throes of ongoing mid-term valuation prognostications, GenAI is producing value.
—Ruth Foxe Blader, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
The Thunder From Down Under revue will apparently gyrate and glisten in tandem with Shiners.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2024
All four were swaying, grooving, gyrating their way down the street.
—Mark Zeigler, The Mercury News, 26 July 2024
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Verb
The result of that experiment is Sue (Margaret Qualley), who gets her own show that involves a bunch more twerking and gyrating.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2024
Even as the public markets gyrate in the throes of ongoing mid-term valuation prognostications, GenAI is producing value.
—Ruth Foxe Blader, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
The Thunder From Down Under revue will apparently gyrate and glisten in tandem with Shiners.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2024
All four were swaying, grooving, gyrating their way down the street.
—Mark Zeigler, The Mercury News, 26 July 2024
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“Gyrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gyrate. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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gyrate
adjective
gy·rate
ˈjī-ˌrāt 
: winding or coiled around : convoluted
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