a gyro sandwich

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• gyro — sandwich made from roasted lamb, late 20c., originally the meat itself, as roasted on a rotating spit, from Modern Gk. gyros a circle (see GYRE (Cf. gyre)); mistaken in English for a plural and shorn of its s …   Etymology dictionary

• Gyro — may refer to:*An abbreviation for autogyro, a type of rotary wing aircraft *Gyro (or, more properly, gyros), a pita sandwich or the rotisseried meat it contains *An abbreviation for gyroscope, an orientation stabilizing device *The casually used… …   Wikipedia

• gyro — gyro1 [jī′rō΄] n. short for: 1. GYROSCOPE 2. GYROCOMPASS gyro2 [yir′ō, jir′ō, gir′ō, hyir′ō; jī′rō] n. pl. gyros [< ModGr gyros, a circle (from rotating meat on a spit), wrongly taken as a pl.] …   English World dictionary

• sandwich — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. combination, club, deli, hero, etc. sandwich; lamination. v. t. insert; laminate. See food, between. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. lunch, light lunch, quick lunch, wich*. Kinds of sandwiches include:… …   English dictionary for students

• gyro — gyro1 /juy roh/, n., pl. gyros. 1. gyrocompass. 2. gyroscope. [1905 10; independent use of GYRO ] gyro2 /jear oh, zhear oh/; Gk. /yee rddaw/, n. Greek Cookery. meat, usually lamb, roasted on a vertical spit, then thinly sliced, topped with onions …   Universalium

• gyro — noun /ˈdʒaɪɹoʊ/ a) A gyroscope, gyrocompass or autogyro. Ill have a gyro, please. b) A style of Greek sandwich commonly filled with grilled meat, tomato, onions, and tzatziki sauce …   Wiktionary

• gyro — I. noun (plural gyros) Date: 1910 1. gyrocompass 2. gyroscope II. noun (plural gyros) Etymology: New Greek gyros turn, from Greek; from the rotation of the meat on a spit …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• gyro — gy|ro [ dʒaırou ] noun count AMERICAN 1. ) a sandwich consisting of meat cooked on a SPIT (=a metal rod that turns near a fire) and salad eaten on PITA BREAD. British doner kebab 2. ) INFORMAL a gyroscope …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• gyro — n. gyrocompass; gyroscope, device that helps maintain stability in navigational devices; pita sandwich containing roasted lamb meat (Greek Cookery) pref. ring, circle …   English contemporary dictionary

• gyro — gyro1 [ dʒʌɪrəʊ] noun (plural gyros) short for gyroscope or gyrocompass. gyro2 [ dʒʌɪrəʊ] noun (plural gyros) N. Amer. a sandwich of spiced meat cooked on a spit, served in pitta bread …   English new terms dictionary

• gyro — I gy•ro [[t]ˈdʒaɪ roʊ[/t]] n. pl. ros 1) gyrocompass 2) mec gyroscope II gy•ro [[t]ˈdʒɪər oʊ, ˈʒɪər oʊ[/t]] gk. [[t]ˈyi rɔ[/t]] n. coo pressed beef or lamb roasted on a vertical spit, thinly sliced, and usu. served in a sandwich on pita bread •… …   From formal English to slang