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Three people, standing in a line facing the camera. Feet remain fixed in position, but they duck and turn in such a way that their heads move clockwise in a vertical circle without obscuring each other. Not sure how to describe the motion other than that they look like they're pretending to be an inline-triple piston engine. (Like this, but upside-down.◊)
I think I've only seen it appear as physical comedy, usually a trio who are trying to look intimidating and failing (despite the coordination this seems like it should require). However, Oh, Suddenly Egyptian God has Anubis, Thoth, and Medjed do it together apparently for exercise.
I may also have seen this in live-action or western animation possibly? But I've definitely seen it in other anime before.