gyrate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb to wind or move in a spiral course
    coil; spiral.
    • 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. verb revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
    reel; whirl; spin; spin around.
    • The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy

WordNet

Gy"rate adjective
Etymology
L. gyratus made in a circular form, p. p. of gyrare.
Definitions
  1. Winding or coiled round; curved into a circle; taking a circular course.
Gy"rate intransitive verb
Etymology
L. gyratus, p. p. of gyrare to gyrate. See Gyre, n.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Gyrated ; present participle & verbal noun Gyrating
Definitions
  1. To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to revolve.

Webster 1913