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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024swiv•el /ˈswɪvəl/USA pronunciation n., v., -eled, -el•ing or (esp. Brit.) -elled, -el•ling. n. [countable] - a fastening device consisting of two parts, each of which turns around independently.
- a pivoted support that allows something to turn around in a horizontal plane.
v. - to (cause to) turn around or pivot on or as if on a swivel: [~ + object]He swiveled his chair around.[no object]He swiveled around to see what was behind him.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024swiv•el (swiv′əl),USA pronunciation n., v., -eled, -el•ing or (esp. Brit.) -elled, -el•ling. n. - a fastening device that allows the thing fastened to turn around freely upon it, esp. 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.
- Textilesa device attached to a loom and used as a shuttle to weave extra threads in the production of small figures, esp. dots.
v.t. - 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.
v.i. - to turn on or if as on a swivel.
- 1275–1325; Middle English (noun, nominal), equivalent. to swiv- (weak stem of Old English swīfan to revolve; cognate with Old Norse svīfa to turn) + -el instrumental suffix
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