1. Turn on a pivot
   - swivel

1. The person in a rank around whom the others wheel and manoeuvre
   - pivot man 
2. Axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns
   - pin 
3. The act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot
   "the golfer went to the driving range to practice his pivot"

Derived forms: pivoted, pivots, pivoting

See also: pivotal

Type of: axis, axis of rotation, marcher, parader, rotary motion, rotation, turn

Encyclopedia: Pivot

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