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gyrating

gyrating is the present participle and gerund of gyrate.

Meaning of gyrate

Verb

gyrate (third-person singular simple present gyrates, present participle gyrating, simple past and past participle gyrated)

  1. (intransitive) To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado.
    • The stripper gyrated sexily around a pole.

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Words formed from gyrating

Phrases with gyrating

Questions about gyrating

What is gyrating the present participle and gerund of?
Gyrating is the present participle and gerund of gyrate.

Words near gyrating in the dictionary

  1. gyrase
  2. gyrases
  3. gyrate
  4. gyrated
  5. gyrates
  6. gyrating
  7. gyrating angel
  8. gyrating angels
  9. gyratingly
  10. gyration
  11. gyrational

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gyrating (page history and authors); gyrate (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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