: 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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Jon Sebastian Shifrin, Baltimore Sun, 26 Apr. 2024
With wires hooked to her hips, the Barranquilla hitmaker began to gyrate them in classic Shakira fashion.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 26 Mar. 2024
While Swift and Travis Kelce danced and hugged in one such clip, Jason Kelce was shown a few feet away, wildly gyrating next to a reveler in a marshmallow mask.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 4 Mar. 2024
The scene took two months to film, with a second unit needed to execute with gyrating platforms, grapple hooks and blowing desert sand (the whole scene was shot in the desert with sunlight; nothing was made on stage).
—Diego Ramos Bechara, Variety, 2 Mar. 2024
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Verb
As a result, some gyrating between dispositions is inevitable, yielding moments when the U.S. may turn inward.
—Jon Sebastian Shifrin, Baltimore Sun, 26 Apr. 2024
With wires hooked to her hips, the Barranquilla hitmaker began to gyrate them in classic Shakira fashion.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 26 Mar. 2024
While Swift and Travis Kelce danced and hugged in one such clip, Jason Kelce was shown a few feet away, wildly gyrating next to a reveler in a marshmallow mask.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 4 Mar. 2024
The scene took two months to film, with a second unit needed to execute with gyrating platforms, grapple hooks and blowing desert sand (the whole scene was shot in the desert with sunlight; nothing was made on stage).
—Diego Ramos Bechara, Variety, 2 Mar. 2024
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“Gyrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gyrate. Accessed 7 Jun. 2024.
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gyrate
adjective
gy·rate
ˈjī-ˌrāt 
: winding or coiled around : convoluted
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