1.  gyrate(v = verb.motion) coil, spiral - 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"
is one way to turn
Derived form noun gyration₂
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP

2.  gyrate(v = verb.motion) reel, spin, spin around, whirl - revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
is one way to go around, revolve, rotate
Derived forms noun gyration₂, noun gyration₁
Sample sentences: Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP

   Winding or coiled round; curved into a circle; taking a circular course. [1913 Webster]

   To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to revolve. [1913 Webster]

gyrate, v. & adj.
--v.intr. go in a circle or spiral; revolve, whirl.
--adj. Bot. arranged in rings or convolutions.

Derivative:
gyration n. gyratorn. gyratory adj.

Etymology:
L gyrare gyrat- revolve f. gyrus ring f. Gk guros

VB  rotate, roll along, revolve, spin, turn round, circumvolve, circulate, gyre, gyrate, wheel, whirl, pirouette, twirl, trundle, troll, bowl, roll up, furl, wallow, welter, box the compass, spin like a top, spin like a teetotum, spin out.