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noun

gyro

YEE-roh
noun
1
A Greek sandwich made with meat cooked on a vertical spit, served in flatbread with vegetables and sauce.
"We grabbed a lamb gyro from the food truck for lunch."

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In plain EnglishA Greek-style wrap of spit-roasted meat, salad, and sauce in flatbread.

Word Forms

gyros plural

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Etymology

From Greek gyros ("turn"), describing the meat turning on a spit — the same root behind "gyroscope."

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