GYRATE as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • revolve quickly and repeatedly around one’’s own axis
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • 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 Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • to wind or move in a spiral course
    Synonym(s) 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 Derived(s)