gyrate
Syllables: gyr·ate/dʒaɪˈɹeɪt/US/ˈd͡ʒaɪˌɹeɪt/
gyrate verb: to revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado.
Verb
gyrate (third-person singular simple present gyrates, present participle gyrating, simple past and past participle gyrated)
- To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado.
- The stripper gyrated sexily around a pole.
- Many companies built up pretariff inventories, and gyrating tariff rates make it tricky for retailers to set prices.2026 January 18, Simon Montlake, “The Trump economy: No recession, but no boom either”, in The Christian Science Monitor, archived from the original on 18 Jan 2026
Adjective
gyrate (comparative more gyrate, superlative most gyrate)
- Having coils or convolutions.
gyrate meaning in Marathi, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
gyrate in Marathi
- to gyrate
- घुमणे ghumṇe
gyrate in Urdu
- چکر, دائرے میں گھومنا
gyrate in Malayalam
- revolve, rotate, wheel
- ചക്രം ചുറ്റുക, ചുറ്റുക, വളയം ചുറ്റുക, ചുഴലുക, ചുലവുക, നട്ടം തിരിയുക
gyrate in Kannada
- ಸುತ್ತು, ತಿರುಗು
Forms of gyrate
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | gyrates |
| present participle | gyrating |
| past participle | gyrated |
| past | gyrated |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more gyrate |
| superlative | most gyrate |
Origin of gyrate
Back-formation from gyration, on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from gyre (“to spin around; to gyrate, to whirl; (rare) to make (something) spin or whirl around; to spin, to whirl”) + -ation (suffix indicating actions or processes), further from Late Middle English giren (“to turn (something) away; to cause (something) to revolve or rotate; to travel in a circle”), from Old French girer (“to turn”), from Latin gȳrō (“to turn in a circle, rotate; to circle or revolve around”), from gȳrus (“circle; circular motion; circuit, course”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “a circle, a ring”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend; to curve”). By surface analysis, gyre + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
From gyrus (“fold, convolution”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Words formed from gyrate
Questions about gyrate
- What does gyrate mean?
- Gyrate means to revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado.
- What is gyrate in Marathi?
- Gyrate in Marathi is घुमणे (ghumṇe). See Gyrate meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is gyrate?
- Gyrate can be a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce gyrate?
- Gyrate is pronounced /dʒaɪˈɹeɪt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of gyrate?
- The past tense of gyrate is gyrated.
Words near gyrate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: gyrate (page history and authors); घुमणे (Marathi) (page history and authors); gyrate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gyrate (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); gyrate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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