Hyphenation of gyrate

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word gyrate? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

gy-rate

Definitions of gyrate:

1.	To wind or move in a spiral course The muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action Black smoke coiling up into the sky The young people gyrated on the dance floor
2.	Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy

Synonyms of gyrate:

verb	spiral, coil, turn
verb	spin, spin around, whirl, reel, revolve, go around, rotate

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