gyrates

verb

present tense third-person singular of gyrate
as in rotates
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 gyrates In his weirdest picture—the late, baroque, campy Allegory of Faith—a bug-eyed female figure is shown clutching her chest, one foot balanced perilously on a globe, while a snake gushing blood from its jaws gyrates in the foreground. — Clare Bucknell, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gyrates
  1. rotates
  2. revolves
  3. spins
Verb
  • Glenn rotates pass rushers, and nine different Jets have a sack, as New York is tied for fifth with 17 sacks as a team.
    — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The company’s latest hardware, called Helios, rotates the ions around a ring, selectively shifting the appropriate ones into one of two arms where measurements and operations of the ions’ quantum states can be performed using lasers.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of rotates
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  • But if that entire situation revolves on a supply chain that is based on one country, then that is clearly not a healthy situation.
    — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Along with the tempo and play-making trio, West Virginia’s philosophy also revolves heavily around getting playmakers in space.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of revolves
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  • Through stoicism, Nighthawks spins the dark side of American life as cool; its quiet menace is slick and alluring, and its lonesome, shadowy characters are iconic.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
  • In a flowing, ice-blond wig, Ashford’s character spins an escalating series of imperial atrocities.
    — Mariah Kreutter, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of spins

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“Gyrates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gyrates. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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