Gyrate

[dʒaɪ'rəɪt] or ['dʒaɪret]

Definition

(verb.) 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'.

Inputed by Kurt--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Winding or coiled round; curved into a circle; taking a circular course.

(n.) To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to revolve.

Checker: Tanya

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. Rotate, revolve, whirl, turn round, wheel round, move in a circle.

Inputed by Hubert

Definition

v.i. to whirl round a central point: to move round.—adj. (bot.) winding round.—n. Gyrā′tion act of whirling round a central point: a spiral motion.—adjs. Gy′ratory Gyrā′tional moving in a circle.

Checked by Lionel