gyros

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Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
9
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈɡɪəɹəʊs/
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/ˈɡɪəɹəʊs/ · /jɪəɹ-/ · /ˈdʒɪəɹ-/ · /ˈdʒaɪɹ-/ · /ˈɡɪəɹəʊz/ · [ˈd͡ʒaɪɹoʊz]

Definition of gyros

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of gyro (“Greek sandwich”).
    “Now this has gotten me thinking ... I wonder whether I could build an odd-roc out of pita bread ... I'd have to toast it first, I guess, to make it rigid ... then again, I could roll it into a cone (sort of like the way I've most often seen gyroi made) and use a black olive for the nose to give it even more of a Greek touch ... hey, this has possibilities.”
    “Well, hummus is a popular item at the Grease Trucks of Rutgers University (a group of catering trucks serving a variety of burgers, steaks, gyroi, and various Middle Eastern foods).”
    “Greek sellers of gyroi in Australia often use the spelling word "yeeros" for the singular.”
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noun

  1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of gyro (“Greek sandwich”).
    “Now this has gotten me thinking ... I wonder whether I could build an odd-roc out of pita bread ... I'd have to toast it first, I guess, to make it rigid ... then again, I could roll it into a cone (sort of like the way I've most often seen gyroi made) and use a black olive for the nose to give it even more of a Greek touch ... hey, this has possibilities.”
    “Well, hummus is a popular item at the Grease Trucks of Rutgers University (a group of catering trucks serving a variety of burgers, steaks, gyroi, and various Middle Eastern foods).”
    “Greek sellers of gyroi in Australia often use the spelling word "yeeros" for the singular.”
  2. (form-of, plural)plural of gyro (“Greek sandwich”)
  3. (form-of, plural)plural of gyro (“gyroscope etc.”)

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Etymology

From Greek γύρος (gýros); from the turning of the meat on a spit (as a calque of Turkish döner into Greek).

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