gyrate
English Thesaurus
1. revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis (verb.motion)
| hyponym | : | whirligig, |
| definition | : | whirl or spin like a whirligig (verb.motion) |
2. to wind or move in a spiral course (verb.motion)
| hypernym | : | turn, |
| definition | : | change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense (verb.motion) |
3. revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis (verb.motion)
| derivation | : | gyration, whirling, |
| definition | : | the act of rotating in a circle or spiral (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | spinner, |
| definition | : | fisherman's lure; revolves when drawn through the water (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | whirler, |
| definition | : | a revolving mechanism (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | whirler, whirling dervish, |
| definition | : | a dervish whose actions include ecstatic dancing and whirling (noun.person) |
4. to wind or move in a spiral course (verb.motion)
| derivation | : | gyration, whirling, |
| definition | : | the act of rotating in a circle or spiral (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | coil, helix, spiral, volute, whorl, |
| definition | : | a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | spiral, |
| definition | : | a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center (noun.shape) |
5. revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis (verb.motion)
| derivation | : | gyration, whirling, |
| definition | : | the act of rotating in a circle or spiral (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | spinner, |
| definition | : | fisherman's lure; revolves when drawn through the water (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | whirler, |
| definition | : | a revolving mechanism (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | whirler, whirling dervish, |
| definition | : | a dervish whose actions include ecstatic dancing and whirling (noun.person) |
6. to wind or move in a spiral course (verb.motion)
| derivation | : | gyration, whirling, |
| definition | : | the act of rotating in a circle or spiral (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | coil, helix, spiral, volute, whorl, |
| definition | : | a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | spiral, |
| definition | : | a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center (noun.shape) |
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