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gyrate

 
Verb gyrate has 2 senses
  1. gyrate, spiral, coil - 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"
    --1 is one way to turn
    Derived form: noun gyration2
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
  2. spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate - revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
    --2 is one way to revolve, go around, rotate
    Derived forms: noun gyration1, noun gyration2
    Sample sentences:
    Something is ----ing PP
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s PP
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