Definition of Gyrations

1. Noun. (plural of gyration) ¹

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Definition of Gyrations

1. gyration [n] - See also: gyration

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gyrations

gyracanthus
gyral
gyral brain calcification
gyrally
gyrant
gyrase
gyrases
gyrate
gyrate atrophy
gyrate atrophy of choroid and retina
gyrated
gyrates
gyrating
gyration
gyrational
gyrations (current term)
gyraton
gyrator
gyratories
gyrators
gyratory
gyratory crusher
gyre
gyrectomy
gyred
gyreful
gyrencephala
gyrencephalic
gyrene
gyrenes

Literary usage of Gyrations

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to Entomology: Or, Elements of the Natural History of by William Kirby, William Spence (1843)
"... the motion of its wings is inconceivably rapid.3 The gyrations of insects take place either when they are reposing, or when thay are flying or swimming. ..."

2. The American Coast Pilot: Containing Directions for the Principal Harbors by Edmund March Blunt, George William Blunt (1847)
"... are nearly uniform in all the great oceanic basins; and that the course of these circuits and of the stormy gyrations which they may contain, is, ..."

3. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1884)
"... libations to beer) looked dumbfounded at the gyrations of Ыз friends. The whisky was " cherry, old stock," sent him by a valued friend in Pennsylvania. ..."

4. Observations in the East: Chiefly in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and Asia Minor by John Price Durbin (1845)
"Their Frantic Performances. — Pretence of Healing.—Dancing Dervishes.—Polite Reception.—A Little Worshipper. — The Mosque.— Ceremonies.— gyrations. ..."

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