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
After warming up for about 40 seconds, this firework box emits a bright red plume while gyrating and spraying sparks from three horizontal streams.
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Ethan Wolin, Sacbee.com, 28 June 2025
Trump has repeatedly pressed Powell publicly and privately to lower interest rates while chafing at the chairman’s linkage of the president’s gyrating trade levies to inflation and U.S. economic uncertainty.
—Kristina Karisch, The Hill, 19 June 2025
On a low-end beat, all an artist has to do is give its gyrating listeners a couple of memorable chants and phrases.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025
These electrical waveforms—accelerated a thousand times—induced oscillations of the magnetization in the stacked nano-magnets, which started to gyrate like a compass.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 July 2017
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Ethan Wolin, Sacbee.com, 28 June 2025
Trump has repeatedly pressed Powell publicly and privately to lower interest rates while chafing at the chairman’s linkage of the president’s gyrating trade levies to inflation and U.S. economic uncertainty.
—Kristina Karisch, The Hill, 19 June 2025
On a low-end beat, all an artist has to do is give its gyrating listeners a couple of memorable chants and phrases.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025
These electrical waveforms—accelerated a thousand times—induced oscillations of the magnetization in the stacked nano-magnets, which started to gyrate like a compass.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 July 2017
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Otherwise, there’s no reason for Banks to be rotating with Cor’Dale Flott, who has been the better player at every stage of this position battle.—
Dan Duggan,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Guests can enjoy amenities such as a heated pool, hot tub, sauna, rotating art exhibitions, and landscaped courtyards with firepits and hammocks.—
Taryn White,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Oct. 2025
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The Wizards’ argument revolves more around versatility.—
Josh Robbins,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Dress up for a twirl around the 17th-floor Pier Top lounge, which slowly revolves to showcase 360-degree views of Fort Lauderdale.—
Angela Caraway-Carlton,
Miami Herald,
4 Oct. 2025
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As the ball spun slowly toward shortstop Trea Turner, Teoscar Hernández broke toward the plate.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Will the ballerina spin into the arms of the handsome suitor?—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Gyrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gyrate. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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