Associations to the word «Gyro»

Wiktionary

GYRO, noun. A gyroscope
GYRO, noun. A gyrocompass
GYRO, noun. An autogyro
GYRO, noun. A style of Greek sandwich commonly filled with grilled meat, tomato, onions, and tzatziki sauce.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats