Sandra Tsing Loh

My guitarist husband, Mike, and writer me are the old-fashioned kind of bohemians. Not 'fro-haired hipsters gyrating in iPod ads, but the sort who, starting January 1 of every year, literally don't know where their next dime is coming from.

American Writer

T. J. Miller

Funny is as funny does, and funny puts on a walrus mask and slowly gyrates in a mall food court. I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.

American Actor

Robert Mundell

The whole idea of having a free trade area when you have gyrating exchange rates doesn't make sense at all. It just spoils the effect of any kind of free trade agreement.

Canadian Economist

Used to describe lively or energetic movement, often in dancing or performance.

Energetic Movement

Gyrate implies a repetitive circular movement, not just any movement.

Circular Movement

Often used in physical contexts to describe objects or people moving.

Physical Motion

In technical contexts, it refers to causing an object to rotate, often in controlled conditions.

Technical Usage

Focuses on the action of making something spin or rotate.

Cause to Rotate

As an adjective, it characterizes the type of motion, like in mechanical processes or natural phenomena.

Motion Attribute

The adjective form can describe movement that captures attention or amazes people.

Captivating Effect

Useful in creating a vivid image or description of movement in writing and storytelling.

Descriptive Imagery

 wild singing, gyrating dancing, some mild sexual activity — only to discover that, in fact, they are not alone, that there is a person watching and lurking, the discovery of which causes them to immediately cease what they were doing in horror.

Glenn Greenwald: Why...

 dancing begins with a young girl actually approaching the man she desires then the couple engage in a sort of rhythmic and pulsating dance where their hips gyrate wonderfully to and fro against each other