Definitions for gyrations

gyrations gy·ra·tion

Spelling: [jahy-rey-shuh n]
IPA: /dʒaɪˈreɪ ʃən/

Gyrations is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 690 anagrams from letters in gyrations (aginorsty).

Definitions for gyrations

noun

  1. the act of gyrating; circular or spiral motion; revolution; rotation; whirling.

Origin of gyrations

First recorded in 1605-15, gyration is from the Late Latin word gȳrātiōn- (stem of gȳrātiō). See gyrate, -ion

Examples for gyrations

Radius of gyrationThe distance from the center of gyration to the axis of rotation.

He saw them in the Ring; he was seen by them at the Opera; he came across them constantly in the gyration of London life.

His life was a gyration of energetic curiosity; an insatiable whirl of social celebrity.

This awful typhoon caught Venice in its gyration, affording a splendidly hideous field for philosophical reflection.

If agreeable, I will now show you gyration 2d, or position No. 3.

But at bottom the story told here is the same -- creation by gyration!

Or the receiver leaping in gyration to catch a poorly thrown ball that defies all bounds of athleticism.

Madeleine lifted her heavy-lidded eyes a little wonderingly to her sister's face, as she paused in her gyration.

Now that the air impelled returns unto its place in a gyration or whirling, is evident from the Atoms or Motes in the Sun.

He had been caught in a vortex and was being whirled on with a velocity of advance and gyration that made him giddy and sick.

Word Value for gyrations
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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