gyrate, v.
(gyrated, gyrates, gyrating)
freq. cnt. 1
(gyrated, gyrates, gyrating)
freq. cnt. 1
to wind or move in a spiral course
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
coil gyrate spiral
sample sentences
"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"
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lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
gyrate reel spin spin around whirl
sample sentences
"The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"verb frames
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