gyros

noun
/ˈɡɪəɹəʊs//ˈɡɪəɹəʊz//ˈd͡ʒaɪɹoʊz/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from döner into Greek)

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of gyro (“Greek sandwich”).

    • 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. plural of gyro (“Greek sandwich”)

  3. plural of gyro (“gyroscope etc.”)

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for gyros. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA