Synonyms: reel, whirl, spin, spin around, gyrate
Definition: revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
Usage: The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy
Similar words: go around, revolve, rotate
Definition: turn on or around an axis or a center
Usage: The Earth revolves around the Sun; The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire
Synonyms: gyrate, spiral, coil
Definition: to wind or move in a spiral course
Usage: 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
Similar words: turn
Definition: change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
Usage: Turn towards me; The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face; She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs