pyörähtää — meaning in English

English meaning

• cycle noun A series of events that repeats itself in the same order.
• flounder verb To struggle clumsily or act confused, especially when trying to make progress.
• turn verb To move or rotate around an axis, or to change direction.

Senses

pyörähtää is used for these senses in English:

• cycle To go through a cycle or to put through a cycle.
• drop by (colloquial) To visit informally and spontaneously.
• flounder (intransitive) To flop around as a fish out of water.
• turn (intransitive, of a body, person, etc) To move about an axis through itself.
• turn around (ergative) To physically rotate (usually around a vertical axis) for a half turn (180 degrees), a whole turn (360 degrees), or an indefinite amount.

cycle — full definition

1. noun A series of events that repeats itself in the same order.
2. noun A pedal-powered vehicle such as a bicycle, tricycle, or unicycle.
3. verb To ride a bicycle or similar vehicle.
4. verb To go through a repeating series of stages, or to turn a device off and back on.

flounder — full definition

1. verb To struggle clumsily or act confused, especially when trying to make progress.
2. noun A type of flatfish found in shallow coastal waters.

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