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swivel
[ swiv-uhl ]
noun
- a fastening device that allows the thing fastened to turn around freely upon it, especially to turn in a full circle.
- such a device consisting of two parts, each of which turns around independently, as a compound link of a chain, one part of which turns freely in the other by means of a headed pin or the like.
- a pivoted support allowing a gun to turn around in a horizontal plane.
- a swivel gun.
- a device attached to a loom and used as a shuttle to weave extra threads in the production of small figures, especially dots.
verb (used with object)
- 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)
- to turn on or if as on a swivel.
swivel
/ 藞蝉飞瑟惫蓹濒 /
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 calledswivel gun the gun itself
verb
- to turn or swing on or as if on a pivot
- tr to provide with, secure by, or support with a swivel
Derived Forms
- 藞蝉飞颈惫别濒-藢濒颈办别, adjective
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 蝉飞颈惫顎侥濒路濒颈办别顎 adjective
- 耻苍路蝉飞颈惫顎侥濒 verb (used with object) unswiveled unswiveling or (especially British) unswivelled unswivelling
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of swivel1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of swivel1
Example Sentences
She rode the horseshoe back to the main stage and did 鈥淭yrant鈥 astride a golden mechanical bull accompanied by two bull heads on swiveling robot arms.
Trump鈥檚 tariffs have kept much of the world鈥檚 collective heads on a swivel.
For the second she controlled a cross at waist height before swivelling and netting with a half-volley,
We swirl our arms above our heads, run our hands through our hair, swivel our hips and swing our butts.
鈥淚t was a normal day,鈥 he began, twirling on the swivel chair in the Monrovia Marriott鈥檚 ADA suite where his family was staying 14 days after the fire.
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