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gyrate.

To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/dʒaɪˈɹeɪt/Received-Pronunciation/ˈdʒaɪɹeɪt/Received-Pronunciation/ˈd͡ʒaɪˌɹeɪt/General-American/d͡ʒaɪˈɹeɪt/General-American
  1. To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado.

    intransitive
    The stripper gyrated sexily around a pole.
Where this word 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).

adj
  1. Having coils or convolutions.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English gyrus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English gyrate From gyrus (“fold, convolution”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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