swivelverb [ I or T ]
uk/ˈswɪv.əl/us/ˈswɪv.əl/-ll- or US usually -l-to (cause to) turn around a central point in order to face in another direction:
She swivelled round to look out of the window.
The ostrich swivelled its head in our direction.
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Revolving, rotating and spinning
- centrifugal
- centripetal
- Foucault pendulum
- go round
- gyrate
- in rotation idiom
- rev
- rotate
- rotation
- round and round idiom
- rpm
- sidespin
- span
- spin
- spin (sb) around
- swing
- tailspin
- twiddle
- wheel
- wheel round
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swiveladjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈswɪv.əl/us/ˈswɪv.əl/turning around a central point to face in another direction:
a swivel chair
a swivel lamp
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Revolving, rotating and spinning
- centrifugal
- centripetal
- Foucault pendulum
- go round
- gyrate
- in rotation idiom
- rev
- rotate
- rotation
- round and round idiom
- rpm
- sidespin
- span
- spin
- spin (sb) around
- swing
- tailspin
- twiddle
- wheel
- wheel round
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