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swiv·el
[swiv-uhl] noun, verb, swiv·eled, swiv·el·ing or (especially British) swiv·elled, swiv·el·ling. noun
1.
a fastening device that allows the thing fastened to turn around freely upon it, especially to turn in a full circle.
2.
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.
3.
a pivoted support allowing a gun to turn around in a horizontal plane.
4.
a swivel gun.
5.
a device attached to a loom and used as a shuttle to weave extra threads in the production of small figures, especially dots.
verb (used with object)
6.
to turn or pivot on or as if on a swivel: He swiveled his chair around.
7.
to fasten by a swivel; furnish with a swivel.
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verb (used without object)
8.
to turn on or if as on a swivel.
Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English (noun), equivalent to swiv- (weak stem of Old English swīfan to revolve; cognate with Old Norse svīfa to turn) + -el instrumental suffix
1275–1325; Middle English (noun), equivalent to swiv- (weak stem of Old English swīfan to revolve; cognate with Old Norse svīfa to turn) + -el instrumental suffix
Related forms
swiv·el·like, adjective
un·swiv·el, verb (used with object), un·swiv·eled, un·swiv·el·ing or (especially British) un·swiv·elled, un·swiv·el·ling.
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Example Sentences
- They only want to have a larger group of swivel servants to justify a bigger remuneration grade for themselves.
- And the scoops swivel out of the way if they encounter anything solid, so the dredge does not destroy such protuberances.
- It gives you plenty of room and can be easily drilled to mount a swivel seat.
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Word Origin & History
swivel
1307, from frequentative form of stem of O.E. verb swifan "to move in a course, sweep" (a class I strong verb), from P.Gmc. *swipanan (cf. O.Fris. swiva "to be uncertain," O.N. svifa "to rove, ramble, drift"), from PIE base *swei- "swing, bend, move in a sweeping manner." M.E. swive was the principal
EXPANDslang for "to have sexual intercourse with," a sense that developed c.1300. This probably explains why, though the root is verbal, the verb swivel is not attested in Mod.Eng. until 1794.
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