The Only Use
gyrate
in
1984, by Orwell
(Edited)
- The frightening thing, he reflected for the ten thousandth time as he forced his shoulders painfully backward (with hands on hips, they were gyrating their bodies from the waist, an exercise that was supposed to be good for the back muscles) — the frightening thing was that it might all be true.
p. 34.5gyrating = rotating
Definitions:
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(1)
(gyrate as in: the bird gyrated) to spin or spiral
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(2)
(gyrate as in: the dancer gyrated) to move in a dance-like way that is wild or sexually suggestive
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)