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Synonyms for gyrate in English

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gyrate:
- spin; reel; whirl; spin around; gyrate; coil; spiral

English

Detailed Synonyms for gyrate in English

gyrate:

gyrate verb

gyrate

– revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis ¹
to spin; to reel; to whirl; spin around; gyrate
– revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis ¹
- spin verb (spins, spinned, spinning)
- reel verb (reels, reeled, reeling)
- whirl verb (whirls, whirled, whirling)
  - The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy¹
- spin around verb
- gyrate verb
gyrate

– to wind or move in a spiral course ¹
to coil; spiral; gyrate
– to wind or move in a spiral course ¹
- coil verb (coils, coiled, coiling)
  - the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action¹
  - black smoke coiling up into the sky¹
- spiral verb
- gyrate verb
  - the young people gyrated on the dance floor¹

Alternate Synonyms for "gyrate":

spiral; coil; turn
spin; spin around; whirl; reel; revolve; go around; rotate

Related Definitions for "gyrate":

revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis¹
to wind or move in a spiral course¹
- the young people gyrated on the dance floor¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University