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gyrate

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gyrate in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. to wind or move in a spiral course
    "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor"
    gyrate  spiral  coil 
  2. revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
    "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
    spin  spin around  whirl  reel  gyrate 
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