swivel
[ swiv-uhl ]
/ ˈswɪv əl /
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noun
verb (used with object), swiv·eled, swiv·el·ing or (especially British) swiv·elled, swiv·el·ling.
to turn or pivot on or as if on a swivel: He swiveled his chair around.
to fasten by a swivel; furnish with a swivel.
verb (used without object), swiv·eled, swiv·el·ing or (especially British) swiv·elled, swiv·el·ling.
to turn on or if as on a swivel.
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Origin of swivel
1275–1325; Middle English (noun), equivalent to swiv- (weak stem of Old English swīfan to revolve; cognate with Old Norse svīfa to turn) + -el instrumental suffix
OTHER WORDS FROM swivel
swiv·el·like, adjectiveun·swiv·el, verb (used with object), un·swiv·eled, un·swiv·el·ing or (especially British) un·swiv·elled, un·swiv·el·ling.Words nearby swivel
Swithin, Switz., Switzer, Switzerland, swive, swivel, swivel chair, swivel gun, swivel-hipped, swivel pin, swiveltree
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British Dictionary definitions for swivel
swivel
/ (ˈswɪvəl) /
noun
a coupling device which allows an attached object to turn freely
such a device made of two parts which turn independently, such as a compound link of a chain
- a pivot on which is mounted a gun that may be swung from side to side in a horizontal plane
- Also called: swivel gun the gun itself
verb -els, -elling or -elled or US -els, -eling or -eled
to turn or swing on or as if on a pivot
(tr) to provide with, secure by, or support with a swivel
Derived forms of swivel
swivel-like, adjectiveWord Origin for swivel
C14: from Old English swīfan to turn; see swift
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