Gyrate

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To revolve around a fixed point or axis.
  • verb-intransitive. To move in spiral or spirallike course. See Synonyms at turn.
  • verb-intransitive. To oscillate or vary, especially in a repetitious pattern: Stock prices gyrated around last week's high.
  • adj. Biology In rings; coiled or convoluted.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to revolve.
  • adj. Having coils or convolutions
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Winding or coiled round; curved into a circle; taking a circular course.
  • verb-intransitive. To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to revolve.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To turn round; wheel; rotate; whirl; move round a fixed point. See gyration. Formerly also girate.
  • In botany, curved inward like a crozier; circinate.
  • In zoology, having convolutions like the gyri of the brain; meandrine, as a coral. See cut under brain-coral.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
  • v. to wind or move in a spiral course
  • Verb Form
    gyrated    gyrates    gyrating   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    turn   
    Form
    gyrated    gyrating   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    revolve    circular    resolve