'Gyrate' definitions:

Definition of 'gyrate'

From: WordNet
verb
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: gyrate, spiral, coil]
verb
Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy" [syn: spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate]

Definition of 'Gyrate'

From: GCIDE
  • Gyrate \Gy"rate\ (j[imac]"r[asl]t), a. [L. gyratus made in a circular form, p. p. of gyrare.] Winding or coiled round; curved into a circle; taking a circular course. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Gyrate'

From: GCIDE
  • Gyrate \Gy"rate\ (j[imac]"r[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gyrated (j[imac]"r[asl]*t[e^]d); 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. [1913 Webster]