gyro

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a Greek sandwich: sliced roast lamb with onion and tomato stuffed into pita bread
noun rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction

Originally a shortening of gyroscope.

"All right, Tom," said Strong, "cut in take-off gyros." — On the Trail of the Space Pirates, Carey Rockwell
Gear: behaviour, fashion, dress; but, by another reading, the word is “gyre,” and means fit, trance — from the Latin, “gyro,” I turn round. — The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems, Geoffrey Chaucer
A cavernous room full of technicians checked and double checked and triple checked fuel, temperature, guidance, computers sys- tems, backup systems, relays, switches, communications links, telemetry, gyros, the astronauts' physiology, life support systems, power supplies ... everything had a remote control monitor. — Terminal Compromise, Winn Schwartau

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