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Gyro

//ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ɹəʊ// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A gyroscope.
  2. 2
    A style of Greek sandwich commonly filled with grilled meat, tomato, onions, and tzatziki sauce.

    "I'll have a gyro, please."

  3. 3
    rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction wordnet
  4. 4
    A gyrocompass.
  5. 5
    a Greek sandwich: sliced roast lamb with onion and tomato stuffed into pita bread wordnet
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  1. 6
    An autogyro.
  2. 7
    Synonym of detangler.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Originally a shortening of gyroscope.

Etymology 2

Back-formation from the plural gyros, from Greek γύρος (gýros); from the turning of the meat on a spit (as a calque of Turkish döner into Greek). Doublet of gyre and gyrus.

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