plural gyros
: a sandwich especially of lamb and beef, tomato, onion, and yogurt sauce on pita bread
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Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 9 July 2025
Holmes relied on a hard gyro slider, a sinker and a sweeper as a reliever with the Yankees.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2025
In adaptations that spread to the Mediterranean and Europe, shawarma has been reinterpreted as gyro in Greece or doner kebab in Germany, via Turkey.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 16 June 2025
Serve this recipe on its own as a light and healthy lunch, or eat it as a side to flatbread with hummus or vegetarian gyros.
—Erin Hooker, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 June 2025
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Noun
The new food trucks consist of: George's Gyros will have gyros, chicken pitas, Greek salads, kabobs, three variety of fries and rice soda, among other items.
—Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 9 July 2025
Holmes relied on a hard gyro slider, a sinker and a sweeper as a reliever with the Yankees.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2025
In adaptations that spread to the Mediterranean and Europe, shawarma has been reinterpreted as gyro in Greece or doner kebab in Germany, via Turkey.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 16 June 2025
Serve this recipe on its own as a light and healthy lunch, or eat it as a side to flatbread with hummus or vegetarian gyros.
—Erin Hooker, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for gyro
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“Gyro.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gyro. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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Noun
from Greek gyros "turn," so called from the rotation of the meat on a spit
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