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gyrate¹

  • /dʒaɪˈɹeɪt/ UK
  • /ˈdʒaɪɹeɪt/ UK
  • /ˈd͡ʒaɪˌɹeɪt/ US
  • /d͡ʒaɪˈɹeɪt/ US

Rhymes with -eɪt (one pronunciation)

Where it comes from

Back-formation from gyration, on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from gyre (“to spin around; to gyrate, to whirl; (rare) to make (something) spin or whirl around; to spin, to whirl”) + -ation (suffix indicating actions or processes), further from Late Middle English giren (“to turn (something) away; to cause (something) to revolve or rotate; to travel in a circle”), from Old French girer (“to turn”), from Latin gȳrō (“to turn in a circle, rotate; to circle or revolve around”), from gȳrus (“circle; circular motion; circuit, course”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “a circle, a ring”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend; to curve”). By surface analysis, gyre + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

verb gyrates · gyrating · gyrated

  1. intransitive To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado. The stripper gyrated sexily around a pole.
  2. figuratively, intransitive To revolve and behave unsteadily around a central axis. The stock exchange values gyrated around the economic instability of the company.

gyrate²

Where it comes from

From gyrus (“fold, convolution”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

adjective more gyrate · most gyrate

  1. Having coils or convolutions.

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verb to revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado — see also revolve

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@misc{gyrate_2026,
  title = {gyrate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gyrate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}