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Verb
/ˈjīrāt/,
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gyrates, 3rd person singular present; gyrating, present participle; gyrated, past tense; gyrated, past participle;
  1. Move or cause to move in a circle or spiral, esp. quickly
    • - their wings gyrate through the water like paddle wheels
  2. Dance in a wild or suggestive manner
    • - strippers gyrated to rock music on a low stage
  1. to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor"
  2. spin: revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
  3. (gyration) rotation: a single complete turn (axial or orbital); "the plane made three rotations before it crashed"; "the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year"
  4. (gyration) the act of rotating in a circle or spiral
  5. A gyrus (pl. gyri) is a ridge on the cerebral cortex. It is generally surrounded by one or more sulci.
  6. (Gyration) In geometry, a gyration is a type of rotation.
  7. To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to revolve; Having coils or convolutions
  8. (Gyration) a term used in plasma research for the circular motion of ions and electrons around magnetic field lines.
  9. means that a cupola on the solid in question has been rotated so that different edges match up, as in the difference between ortho- and gyrobicupola.
  10. The circular motion of a dowsing pendulum, which carries a symbolic meaning to the dowser.  The dowser gains information from the direction and stopping point of the gyration.
  11. v. to rotate or revolve quickly; to spiral
  12. verb The "pumping" motion a skater makes, usually on a ramp, to propel himself up the transitions and to gain speed. By moving body weight in one direction and then the other in conjunction with the curve and flat of the ramp, enough speed can be achieved to perform any trick. ...