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gyrate

DEFINITIONS OF: gyrate

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v revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis

Synonyms:
reel, spin, spin around, whirl
Types:
whirligig
whirl or spin like a whirligig
Type of:
go around, revolve, rotate
turn on or around an axis or a center

v to wind or move in a spiral course

“the young people gyrated on the dance floor”
Synonyms:
coil, spiral
Type of:
turn
change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
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