Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gyrate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gyrate \Gy"rate\, a. [L. gyratus made in a circular form, p. p.
of gyrare.]
Winding or coiled round; curved into a circle; taking a
circular course.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gyrate \Gy"rate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gyrated}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Gyrating}.] [L. gyratus, p. p. of gyrare to gyrate. See
{Gyre}, n.]
To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an
axis, as a tornado; to revolve.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gyrate
v 1: 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" [syn: {spiral}, {coil}]
2: revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The
dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
[syn: {spin}, {spin around}, {whirl}, {reel}]
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