gyrate
To revolve round a central pointTo revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado.
» Let your hips gyrate to the music.
Meaning
1 sensesTo revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado.
The stripper gyrated sexily around a pole.
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revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
Examples
2 sentencesLet your hips gyrate to the music.
His hips gyrate.
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Back-formation from gyration, on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from gyre (“to sBack-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).
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Forms
gyrates, gyrating, gyrated, gyratedSynonyms
6 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle