Usually means: Turns smoothly around a central point.
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We found 34 dictionaries that define the word swivel:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. swivel: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. swivel: Merriam-Webster
  3. swivel: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. swivel: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. swivel: Collins English Dictionary
  6. swivel: Vocabulary.com
  7. Swivel, swivel: Wordnik
  8. swivel: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. swivel: Wiktionary
  10. swivel: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. swivel: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. swivel: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. swivel: Dictionary.com
  14. swivel (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. swivel: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Swivel (drill rig), Swivel: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Swivel: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. swivel: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. swivel: Rhymezone
  20. swivel: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. swivel: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. swivel: FreeDictionary.org
  23. swivel: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. swivel: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. swivel: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. swivel, swivel: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Swivel: Sports Definitions

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Swivel: Latitude Mexico

(Note: See swiveled as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (mechanical) A piece, such 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.
noun:  (military) A small piece of ordnance, turning on a point or swivel; called also swivel gun.
noun:  (slang, uncountable) Strength of mind or character that enables one to overcome adversity; confidence; force of will.
noun:  The act of swivelling.
noun:  (dance) A rotating of the hips.
noun:  (fishing) A small, usually ball- or barrel-shaped device used in angling to connect sections of fishing lines, consisting of two rings linked via a thrust bearing pivot joint.
verb:  (intransitive) To swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot.

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