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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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.