gyrate meaning and definition

GYRATE verb

Definition of gyrate (verb)

1. 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"
   • synonyms: coil, spiral
2. revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
   • "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
   • synonyms: reel, spin, spin around, whirl