what does gyrate mean?
GYRATE as VERB
- Meaning
- revolve quickly and repeatedly around one’’s own axis
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- The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy
Hypernyms(s) gyrate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- to wind or move in a spiral course
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Usage Example(s)
- 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
Hypernyms(s) gyrate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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