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US
/ˈdʒaɪˌɹeɪt/
]
[ UK /dʒˈaɪɹeɪt/ ]
[ UK /dʒˈaɪɹeɪt/ ]
VERB
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revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy -
to wind or move in a spiral course
the young people gyrated on the dance floor
black smoke coiling up into the sky
the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action
How To Use gyrate In A Sentence
- The economic data generally have been "less stellar" and the 10-year yield is likely to gyrate around 3% mark in the short term, he said. Treasurys Fall on Economic Data
- The capsule gyrated wildly through re-entry as it dragged the instrument module behind it.
- Nearly 25,000 fans of Brazil and Ghana converged on Craven Cottage to watch a football match but, most of all it seemed, to chant, gyrate and revel. Brazil 1-0 Ghana | International friendly match report
- The woman began to gyrate to the music.
- She couldn't dance very well, but from the way everyone else was moving, all she would have to do was gyrate her hips, and she would be fine.
- In one decade, the oil price gyrated wildly - from a low of $8 a barrel in 1998 to a peak of $147 in 2008. Russia Gets Giant Boost from Rising Oil Prices
- Music trucks blasted as they moved at what seemed like one mile an hour as the revelers gyrated to soca rhythms.
- The dancers gyrated wildly to the beat of the music.
- The young people gyrated on the dance floor.
- The woman began to gyrate to the music.