| VERB | motion | gyrate, spiral, coil | to wind or move in a spiral course |
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| motion | gyrate, spin, spin around, whirl, reel | revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis |
| Sounds | jhay'rey.t | |
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| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 539 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | To wind or move in a spiral course. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "the young people gyrated on the dance floor" | |
| Synonyms | spiral, coil | |
| Broader | turn | change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense |
| Nouns | gyration | the act of rotating in a circle or spiral |
| Meaning | revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis. | |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | spin, spin around, whirl, reel | |
| Narrower | whirligig | whirl or spin like a whirligig |
| Broader | revolve, go around, rotate | turn on or around an axis or a center |
| Catalan | girar | |
| Spanish | girar | |
| Nouns | gyration | the act of rotating in a circle or spiral |
| gyration | a single complete turn (axial or orbital) | |