gyrate
/ˈd͡ʒaɪˌɹeɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.84 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado.
Intransitive verb
adj
Having coils or convolutions.
Example Sentences
Etymology
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).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *gew-, giren, girer, gȳrō, γῦρος
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈd͡ʒaɪˌɹeɪt/
- British English: /dʒaɪˈɹeɪt/
Usage
Inflected Forms
gyrates (present, singular)
gyrating (participle, present)
gyrated (participle, past)
gyrated (past)
more gyrate (comparative)
most gyrate (superlative)