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Definition: Swivel |
SwivelNoun1. A coupling (as in a chain) that has one end that turns on a headed pin. Verb1. Turn on a pivot. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "swivel" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1823. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | Two links joined end by end by a pivot, thus allowing one link to rotate without the other. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | Small shuttle which inserts extra weft threads. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | A rotary part arranged below a slide to allow the latter to be swivelled into various angular positions(tool-carrying device). Source: European Union. (references) |
| Spherical cap to allow movement of the upper platen of a press to ensure perfect contact between the test specimen and the platen. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Mining | A part of the toolhead of a machine(as a radial drill)that can be rotated and clamped so as to hold the tool at a desired angle. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: SwivelSynonym: pivot (v). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: spindling (mechanical engineeringfood & agriculture, mechanical engineering). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Arms | Gun, piece; firearms; artillery, ordnance; siege train, battering train; park, battery; cannon, gun of position, heavy gun, field piece, mortar, howitzer, carronade, culverin, basilisk; falconet, jingal, swivel, pederero, bouche a feu; petard, torpedo; mitrailleur, mitrailleuse; infernal machine; smooth bore, rifled cannon, Armstrong gun, Lancaster gun, Paixhan gun, Whitworth gun, Parrott gun, Krupp gun, Gatling gun, Maxim gun, machine gun; pompom; ten pounder. |
Rotation | Axis, axis of rotation, swivel, pivot, pivot point; axle, spindle, pin, hinge, pole, arbor, bobbin, mandrel; axle shaft; gymbal; hub, hub of rotation. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Business | Moreover, many companies are introducing new, ergonomically swivel chairs, which typically have movable backrests and seats that adjust to the user's height and weight. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Swivel" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 64.47% of the time. "Swivel" is used about 152 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 64.47% | 98 | 33,072 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 22.37% | 34 | 59,261 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 13.16% | 20 | 78,262 |
| Total | 100.00% | 152 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "swivel": swivel arm ♦ swivel bridge ♦ swivel chair ♦ swivel gear drive ♦ swivel gun ♦ swivel hook ♦ swivel joint ♦ swivel pin ♦ swivel plate ♦ swivel round. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "swivel": swivel-action, swivel-ball, swivel-bridge, swivel-chair, Swivel-eyed, swivel-gun, swivel-heads, swivel-hipped, swivel-jerks, swivel-mechanism, swivel-mounted, swivel-seat, swivel-type, swivel-warrior. | |
Ending with "swivel": lock-swivel. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "swivel"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | top në shtrat rrotullues, rrotullues (gyratory, revolving, rotary, rotational, rotative, rotatory, turning, vertiginous), rrotulloj (crank, gyrate, revolve, rotate, slue round, spin, swing, traverse, twist, whirl), kokë rrotulluese, i kthyeshëm (reversible). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | قطب (frown, pole, pout, scowl), حلقة رابطة, دار على محور (pivot, traverse), دار (circle, come round, dwelling, go, gyrate, hand round, home, house, operate, orb, orbit, pan, parlor, parlour, residence, revolve, rotate, round, screw, spin, spun, swing, swing round, swirl, turn over, twiddle, twirl, up and about, wheel, whirl, wind). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | шарнирно съединение (knuckle, knuckle joint, swing joint), въртя (manage, move, revolve, roll, roll about, rotate, spin, sway, swing, switch, toss about, trifle, turn, twiddle, wag, wheel about, wiggle, wind). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 转". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | otoèný èep (pivot), obrtlík. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | swivel, svingplade (swivel plate), vandnippel, kuglehoved, drejetap (bogie pin, bogie pivot, hinge bolt, inner shaft, journal, king pin, king pivot, pintle, pivot, pivot pin, spindle, upper centre casting), drejeled (articulated elbow, bow guide, curve lead, universal elbow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | spoelkop (collet), spil (axis, axle, pivot, spindle), wartel (coupling screw, turnbuckle), tap (electric plug, faucet, pivot, plug, spindle, stopper, tap), kettingwartel, draaischijf (lathe), circulatie kop, as (arbor, ash, axis, axle, cinder, shaft, spindle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | چرخاندن (Pivot, Spin, Wind), قسمت گردنده میخ یاپیچ سرپهن , گردنده (Ambulatory, Revolving, Rotary, Rotative, Wheeler), حلقه گردان , روی محورگردیده . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pyöry, leikari, kiertohaka, kääntölevy (swivel plate), kääntölaatta (swivel plate), kääntöalusta (swivel plate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pivot. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Drehring. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | στριφτάρι. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל"סתובב (get about, perambulate, revolve, roll, rotate, slue, tour, turn, turn around, turn over, turn round), חח (hook, nose ring), רצוע" (band, belt, knout, lash, ligament, list, ribbon, strap, streak, tape), סביבול (shackle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | forgókampó, forgó (gyratory, pivotal, revolving, rotary, rotational, rotative, rotatory, whirl, whirling, whirlpool). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | perno (axis, axle, gib, gudgeon, hinge, hub, kingpin, mainstay, pin, pivot, spindle, stud, support). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | スイッチ貿" (bathers, swift ball, swimmer, swimming club, swimming school, swimming trunks, swing, swing door, swing out, swinger, swinger party, swinging, switch trade). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | スイベル , スイバル . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | udlan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ivelsway swivel, suporte giratório, pivô (pivot), articulação giratória, base orientável (swivel plate), cabeça de injecção, cavilha ou perna móvel, destorcedor, elo móvel, argola móvel, pino (bolt, dowel, kingpin, pin, tenon), torniquete (reel), ponta do eixo (inner shaft, journal, neck of the axle, pivot, spindle), rotatório (rotary, rotational, rotative, rotatory), rotativo (revolving, rotary, rotating, rotational, rotative, whirlabout), tornel, macaco tensor. (various references) шарнирный (articulate), шарнирное соединение (swing joint), вертлюг (gudgeon, shackle), вертлюжный, поворачивать на шарнирах. (various references) udalan (a swivel, a swivel : clach an udalain). (various references) stožer (axle, pivot, pole), obrtni (rotating, rotational, rotative, rotatory, vertiginous), obrtati (rotate, slue round, wind). (various references) pivote (gib, pin, pivot), giratorio (gyratory, pivot, pivotal, revolving, rotary, rotating, rotative, rotatory), eslabón giratorio. (various references) svängtapp. (various references) mil üzerinde dönmek, mil üzerinde döndürmek, fırdöndü (teetotum), döner (floating, revolving, rolling, rotary, rotative, rotatory, turnable, turning, winding), dönen (rotating, swimming, turning, twisty). (various references) вертлюг, обертати (revolve, rotate, slew, turn, wheel). (various references) súng đại bác quay được (swivel gun), lác mắt (swivel-eyed), ghế quay (swivel chair, swivel seat). (various references) bwylltid. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "swivel": swiveled, swiveling, swivelled, swivelling, swivels. (additional references) | |
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"Swivel" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Askival, shivel, shivell, sival, sweel, swevel, swield, swif, swife, swiv, swivell, swiven, swivet, wivel. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "swivel" (pronounced swi"vul) |
| 4 | -i" v u l | civil, drivel, shrivel, uncivil. |
| 3 | -v u l | anvil, approval, archival, arrival, arval, bedevil, bevel, carnival, daredevil, devil, disapproval, dishevel, evil, festival, gavel, gravel, grovel, hovel, interval, larval, level, marvel, medieval, multilevel, naval, navel, novel, oval, primeval, Ravel, removal, retrieval, revel, revival, rival, servile, shovel, survival, travel, unravel, upheaval, weevil. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-l-s-v-w" | |
-1 letter: evils, lewis, lives, lweis, swive, veils, views, wiles, wives. | |
-2 letters: evil, isle, leis, lies, live, lwei, slew, veil, vies, view, vile, vise, wile, wise, wive. | |
-3 letters: els, lei, lev, lie, lis, sei, sel, sew, vie, vis, wis. | |
-4 letters: el, es, is, li, si, we. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-l-s-v-w" | |
+1 letter: swivels, weevils. | |
+2 letters: alewives, lowlives, oldwives, swiveled, viewless. | |
+3 letters: kalewives, lawgivers, reviewals, semivowel, swiveling, swivelled, televiews, vowelizes. | |
+4 letters: devilwoods, liverworts, liverwurst, semivowels, silverware, silverweed, swivelling, viewlessly, wolverines, worldviews. | |
+5 letters: disavowable, liverwursts, silverwares, silverweeds, televiewers. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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