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Meanings of swivel in English

Portuguese
girar
Spanish
pivotar

Turn on a pivot.

girar
Usage of swivel in English
1
It's a pivot point around which my entire future will ultimately swivel.
Lit: a memoir
2
Foster leaned back in his swivel-chair and looked out of the window.
Tangled Trails: A Western Detective Story
3
Ponyets rattled his best chair forward and perched himself on the pilot-swivel.
Foundation
4
From the platform of the swivel, they looked abroad over the sea.
The Marquis of Lossie
5
Then he settled himself in his swivel chair and beamed his warmest.
Wayside Courtships
6
She gave a small, testing spin to the swivel chair behind it.
Ladder of years: a novel
7
His eyes swivel to regard me for a moment before he relents.
Unraveled
8
Beverley wheeled forth the swivel and rammed a charge of powder home.
Alice of Old Vincennes
9
The general was sitting behind his desk in a large swivel chair.
Wild Cards IV: Aces Abroad
10
He took the swivel chair and glanced at her half-averted face gravely.
Rosemary
11
Ah, yes, the swivel-eyed loons allegedly castigated by one of Cameron's aides.
The Guardian
12
There was a thud-andthe ring of a steel swivel-anda scream.
Jimgrim and Allah's Peace
13
They seated us in high swivel chairs facing a wall of mirrors.
Halo
14
Johnnie Walker was still seated in the swivel chair, waiting for him.
Kafka on the Shore
15
Vann Harl was in his swivel chair, looking alarmed, pale and shaken.
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide
16
It worked on a swivel, and was elevated by means of machinery.
The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean
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Translations for swivel
Portuguese
girar
Swivel through the time
Swivel across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common