Gyrations
[dʒaɪ'reɪʃ(ə)n]
Examples
- One eye was buried in the soft loam; the other, rolling sidewise, was fixed in awe upon the strange gyrations of Professor Porter. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- He finds that nothing agrees with him so well as to make little gyrations on one leg of his stool, and stab his desk, and gape. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- If we have no concern or interest, the waving of the arms is as meaningless to us as the gyrations of the arms of a windmill. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Typist: Martha