Gyrate
verb
To move in a circle or spiral, or around a fixed point.
The dancer began to gyrate to the beat of the music.
Often appears as...
- gyrate around
- gyrate on the spot
verb
To cause to spin around or gyrate.
The machine gyrates the centrifuge to separate the samples.
Often appears as...
- gyrate the centrifuge
- gyrate rapidly
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Moving in a circle or spiral.
The gyrate motion of the windmill was mesmerizing.
Often appears as...
- gyrate motion
- gyrate pattern
verb
To move in a circle or spiral, or around a fixed point.
The dancer began to gyrate to the beat of the music.
Often appears as...
- gyrate around
- gyrate on the spot
verb
To cause to spin around or gyrate.
The machine gyrates the centrifuge to separate the samples.
Often appears as...
- gyrate the centrifuge
- gyrate rapidly
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Moving in a circle or spiral.
The gyrate motion of the windmill was mesmerizing.
Often appears as...
- gyrate motion
- gyrate pattern
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Energetic Movement
Used to describe lively or energetic movement, often in dancing or performance.
The children began to gyrate with excitement at the party.
Pro Tip 2/3Circular Movement
Gyrate implies a repetitive circular movement, not just any movement.
The toy top started to gyrate on the floor.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Motion
Often used in physical contexts to describe objects or people moving.
The ice skater began to gyrate gracefully in her routine.
Pro Tip 1/3Energetic Movement
Used to describe lively or energetic movement, often in dancing or performance.
The children began to gyrate with excitement at the party.
Pro Tip 2/3Circular Movement
Gyrate implies a repetitive circular movement, not just any movement.
The toy top started to gyrate on the floor.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Motion
Often used in physical contexts to describe objects or people moving.
The ice skater began to gyrate gracefully in her routine.
Pro Tip 1/3Energetic Movement
Used to describe lively or energetic movement, often in dancing or performance.
The children began to gyrate with excitement at the party.
Pro Tip 2/3Circular Movement
Gyrate implies a repetitive circular movement, not just any movement.
The toy top started to gyrate on the floor.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Motion
Often used in physical contexts to describe objects or people moving.
The ice skater began to gyrate gracefully in her routine.
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Video examples
Glenn Greenwald: Why...
wild singing, gyrating dancing, some mild sexual activity — only to discover that, in fact, they are not alone, that there is a person watching and lurking, the discovery of which causes them to immediately cease what they were doing in horror.
Video examples
Carol Beckwith & Angela...
dancing begins with a young girl actually approaching the man she desires then the couple engage in a sort of rhythmic and pulsating dance where their hips gyrate wonderfully to and fro against each other
Video examples
Glenn Greenwald: Why...
wild singing, gyrating dancing, some mild sexual activity — only to discover that, in fact, they are not alone, that there is a person watching and lurking, the discovery of which causes them to immediately cease what they were doing in horror.
Video examples
Carol Beckwith & Angela...
dancing begins with a young girl actually approaching the man she desires then the couple engage in a sort of rhythmic and pulsating dance where their hips gyrate wonderfully to and fro against each other
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Sandra Tsing Loh
American Writer
My guitarist husband, Mike, and writer me are the old-fashioned kind of bohemians. Not 'fro-haired hipsters gyrating in iPod ads, but the sort who, starting January 1 of every year, literally don't know where their next dime is coming from.
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T. J. Miller
American Actor
Funny is as funny does, and funny puts on a walrus mask and slowly gyrates in a mall food court. I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.
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Robert Mundell
Canadian Economist
The whole idea of having a free trade area when you have gyrating exchange rates doesn't make sense at all. It just spoils the effect of any kind of free trade agreement.
Quote examples
Sandra Tsing Loh
American Writer
My guitarist husband, Mike, and writer me are the old-fashioned kind of bohemians. Not 'fro-haired hipsters gyrating in iPod ads, but the sort who, starting January 1 of every year, literally don't know where their next dime is coming from.
Quote examples
T. J. Miller
American Actor
Funny is as funny does, and funny puts on a walrus mask and slowly gyrates in a mall food court. I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.
Quote examples
Robert Mundell
Canadian Economist
The whole idea of having a free trade area when you have gyrating exchange rates doesn't make sense at all. It just spoils the effect of any kind of free trade agreement.
Example 1 of 3
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