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Having coils or convolutions
To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to revolve
to revolve
Winding or coiled round; curved into a circle; taking a circular course
{f} rotate, move in spiral motion, whirl
To gyrate means to turn round and round in a circle, usually very fast. The aeroplane was gyrating about the sky in a most unpleasant fashion
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"
If you gyrate, you dance or move your body quickly with circular movements. The woman began to gyrate to the music. a room stuffed full of gasping, gyrating bodies. + gyration gyrations gy·ra·tion Prince continued his enthusiastic gyrations on stage
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 This motion is much like that used by a person in a playground swing-set
If things such as prices or currencies gyrate, they move up and down in a rapid and uncontrolled way. Interest rates began to gyrate up towards 20 per cent in 1980 and then down and up again. + gyration gy·ra·tion the gyrations of the currency markets
revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
gyration
One of the whorls of a spiral univalve shell
gyration
{n} the act of turning round, a winding
Gyrating
gyrant
gyrated
past of gyrate
gyrates
third-person singular of gyrate
gyrating
present participle of gyrate
gyration
a term used in plasma research for the circular motion of ions and electrons around magnetic field lines
gyration
The act of turning or whirling, as around a fixed center; a circular or spiral motion; motion about an axis; rotation; revolution
gyration
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"
gyration
(noun)-a revolution
gyration
the act of rotating in a circle or spiral
gyration
{i} circular movement, whirling, rotation
gyratory
{s} moving spirally, moving in a circle; revolving; turning; whirling around
gyratory
Moving in a circle, or spirally; revolving; whirling around
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