Gyrate (Verb)
Meaning 1
Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy".
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Examples
- The figure skater's rapid spin would gyrate to the rhythm of the music, hypnotizing the audience with each performance.
- She watched in awe as the ballerina's skirt seemed to gyrate with each of her swift pirouettes across the stage.
- The dervish's body would gyrate in perfect harmony with the rhythmic beat of the chanting crowd.
- A top spinning on the floor would gyrate rapidly before finally coming to a complete stop due to friction.
- Surrounded by whirling lights, the child let her body gyrate with unbridled energy and joy on the dance floor.
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Meaning 2
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".
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Examples
- The snake began to gyrate through the grass in a deliberate and menacing manner.
- The carousel's colorful horses seemed to gyrate as children laughed and played on the merry-go-round.
- She loved to gyrate to the rhythm on the dance floor during her favorite electronic dance tracks.
- The spiral staircase appeared to gyrate upward, giving a sense of disorientation to those who climbed it.
- The flames from the fire seemed to gyrate wildly as the wind blew across the campsite.