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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gyrate/ʤʌɪˈreɪt/

▶verb move in a circle or spiral.

■ dance by gyrating the hips suggestively.

– derivatives
gyration noun,
gyrator noun.

– origin C19 (earlier (C17) as gyration): from L. gyrat-, gyrare ‘revolve’, from Gk guros ‘a ring’.

'gyrate' also found in these Oxford entries:

girandole - gyre - veer

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