gyrate

Definitions


[dʒʌɪˈreɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- move or cause to move rapidly in a circle or spiral
(e.g: the dog yelped frenetically, wildly gyrating her tail)


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Origin:
early 19th century: earlier (early 17th century) as gyration, from Latin gyrat- ‘revolved’, from the verb gyrare, from Greek guros ‘a ring’




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