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Definition of gyrate verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

gyrate

 verb
verb
NAmE//ˈdʒaɪreɪt//
 
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they gyrate
 
he / she / it gyrates
 
past simple gyrated
 
-ing form gyrating
 
 
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to move around in circles; to make something, especially a part of your body, move around They began gyrating to the music. The leaves gyrated slowly to the ground. gyrate something As the lead singer gyrated his hips, the crowd screamed wildly.
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NAmE//dʒaɪˈreɪʃn//
 
noun [countable, usually plural, uncountable] The butterflies were performing aerial gyrations. the gyration of the earth on its axisSee gyrate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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