Definitions for gyrate

Definitions for (verb) gyrate

Main entry: 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


Main entry: 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


Visual thesaurus for gyrate