Synonyms of the word

gyrate

• v. To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to revolve.
• adj. (biology) Having coils or convolutions.

coil

• n. Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
• n. Any intrauterine device (Abbreviation: IUD)—the first IUDs were coil-shaped.
• n. (electrical) A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.
• n. (figuratively) Entanglement; perplexity.
• v. To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.
• v. To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.
• v. To wind cylindrically or spirally.
• v. (obsolete, rare) To encircle and hold with, or as if with, coils.
• n. (now obsolete except in phrases) A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil.

reel

• n. A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; -- often called Scotch reel.
• n. A kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound.
• n. (textiles) A machine on which yarn is wound and measured into lays and hanks, —-- for cotton or linen…
• n. (agriculture) A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine,…
• n. (film) A short compilation of sample film work used as a demonstrative resume in the entertainment industry.
• v. To wind on a reel.
• v. To spin or revolve repeatedly.
• v. To unwind, to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else.
• v. To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not in control of oneself.
• v. (reel back) To back off or step away unsteadily and quickly.
• v. To make or cause to reel.
• v. To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
• v. To be in shock.
• v. (obsolete) To roll.

revolve

• v. (intransitive) To orbit a central point.
• v. To turn on an axis.
• v. (intransitive) To recur in cycles.
• v. (transitive) To ponder on, to reflect repeatedly upon, to consider all aspects of.

rotate

• v. (intransitive) To spin, turn, or revolve.
• v. (intransitive) To advance through a sequence; to take turns.
• v. (intransitive, of aircraft) To lift the nose, just prior to takeoff.
• v. (transitive) To spin, turn, or revolve something.
• v. (transitive) To advance something through a sequence.
• v. (transitive) To replace older materials or to place older materials in front of newer ones so that older…
• v. (transitive) To grow or plant (crops) in a certain order.
• adj. Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped.

spin

• v. (ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another…
• v. (transitive) To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
• v. To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable…
• v. (cricket, of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
• v. (cricket, of a ball) To move sideways when bouncing.
• v. (cooking) To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar.
• v. To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, etc.) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent…
• v. To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against…
• v. To move swiftly.
• v. To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
• v. To twist (hay) into ropes for convenient carriage on an expedition.
• v. (computing, programming, intransitive) To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
• v. (transitive, informal) To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
• n. Circular motion.
• n. (physics) A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic…
• n. A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.
• n. (sports) Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.
• n. A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing and rolling in a spinning…
• n. A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure.
• n. A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.
• n. A single play of a record by a radio station.
• n. (dated) Unmarried woman, spinster.

spiral

• n. (geometry) A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing…
• n. (informal) A helix.
• n. A self-sustaining process with a lot of momentum involved, so it is difficult to accelerate or stop it…
• adj. Helical, like a spiral.
• v. (intransitive) To move along the path of a spiral or helix.
• v. (transitive) To cause something to spiral.
• v. (figuratively, intransitive) To increase continually.

turn

• v. (heading) Non-linear physical movement.
• v. (heading, intransitive) To change condition or attitude.
• v. (obsolete, reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
• v. (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
• v. (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
• v. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
• v. (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
• v. (printing, dated) To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which…
• v. (archaic) To translate.
• n. A change of direction or orientation.
• n. A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to…
• n. A single loop of a coil.
• n. A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
• n. The time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
• n. One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
• n. A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the…
• n. (also turnaround) The time required to complete a project.
• n. A fit or a period of giddiness.
• n. A change in temperament or circumstance.
• n. (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
• n. (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
• n. (poker, obsolete) The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em.
• n. A deed done to another.
• n. (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
• n. Character; personality; nature.
• n. (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
• n. (circus) A short skit, act, or routine.

whirl

• v. (intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
• v. (intransitive) To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.
• v. (transitive) To make something or someone whirl.
• v. (transitive) To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.
• n. An act of whirling.
• n. Something that whirls.
• n. A confused tumult.
• n. A rapid series of events.
• n. Dizziness or giddiness.
• n. (usually following “give”) A brief experiment or trial.