Definitions of swivel [ˈswɪv əl]

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Definition of 'swivel'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) swivel
a fastening device that allows the thing fastened to turn around freely upon it.

2.  swivel
such a device consisting of two parts, each of which turns around independently, as a compound link of a chain.

3.  swivel
a pivoted support allowing something to turn around in a horizontal plane.

4. (v.t.) swivel
to turn or pivot on or as if on a swivel:
He swiveled his chair around.

5.  swivel
to fasten by a swivel; furnish with a swivel.

6. (v.i.) swivel
to turn on or if as on a swivel.

Etymology: (1275–1325; ME (n.), =swiv- (base of OE swīfan to revolve, c. ON svīfa to turn; cf. swift ) +-el instrumental suffix)

Definition of 'swivel'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) swivel
a coupling (as in a chain) that has one end that turns on a headed pin

2. (verb) pivot, swivel
turn on a pivot

Definition of 'swivel'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) swivel
make a/the switch
to turn around on a central point
She swiveled her chair around to look at him.; The spotlight swiveled to shine on the crowd.

Definition of 'swivel'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) swivel
a piece, as a ring or hook, attached to another piece by a pin, in such a manner as to permit rotation about the pin as an axis

2. (adj) swivel
a small piece of ordnance, turning on a point or swivel; -- called also swivel gun

3. (verb) swivel
to swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot

Translation of 'swivel'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a type of joint between two parts of an object (eg between a chair and its base) that enables one part to turn without the other.
Afrikaans: spil	Arabic: مِحْوَر، وَصْلَه دَوّارَه	Bulgarian: шарнирно съединение
Brazilian: articulação giratória	Czech: otočný čep	German: der Drehzapfen
Danish: drejemekanisme	Greek: σύνδεσμος που επιτρέπει τ	Spanish: pivote, eslabón giratorio
Estonian: pöörel	Farsi: حول محور چرخيدن	Finnish: kiertonivel
French: pivot	Hebrew: מִסתוֹבֵב עַל צִירוִ	Hindi: चल छल्ला, घूमने वाली लड़ी
Croatian: stožer, osovina	Hungarian: (forgó)csukló	Indonesian: sendi putar
Icelandic: snúanleg undirstaða; segu	Italian: perno	Japanese: 回り継ぎ手
Korean: 회전 이음쇠	Lithuanian: sukutis, lankstinis sujun	Latvian: šarnīrsavienojums
Malay: sendi swivel	Dutch: wartel	Norwegian: sving-/dreiemekanisme
Polish: obrotnik	Persian: حول محور چرخيدن	Pashto: پر خپل محورڅرخیدل
Portuguese: articulação giratória	Romanian: pivot	Russian: шарнирное соединение
Slovak: otočný čap	Slovenian: vrtljivi tečaj	Serbian: obrtni prsten
Swedish: tapp, pivå, svivel	Thai: แกนหมุน	Turkish: milli makara
Taiwanese: 旋軸，轉環	Ukrainian: вертлюг; шарнірне з'єднан	Urdu: چول چھلا
Vietnamese: khớp khuyên	Chinese: 旋轴，转环
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