gyro.
A gyroscope.
Meaning & usage
A gyroscope.
A gyrocompass.
An autogyro.
Synonym of detangler.
Ellipsis of gyro controls or gyro aiming.
Where this word comes from
Originally a shortening of gyroscope.
A style of Greek sandwich commonly filled with grilled meat, tomato, onions, and tzatziki sauce.
I'll have a gyro, please.
Where this word comes from
Back-formation from the plural gyros, from Greek γύρος (gýros); from the turning of the meat on a spit (as a calque of Turkish döner into Greek). Doublet of gyre and gyrus.
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