swivel

n.

1. A link, pivot, or other fastening so designed that it permits the free turning of attached parts.
2. A pivoted support that allows an attached object, such as a chair or gun, to turn in a horizontal plane.
3. A gun that turns on a pivot.

v., -eled, or -elled, -el·ing, or -el·ling, -els, or -els.

v.tr.

1. To turn or rotate on or as if on a swivel.
2. To secure, fit, or support with a swivel.

v.intr.
To turn on or as if on a swivel.

[Middle English swyvel.]

verb

To move, as a gun, laterally: pivot, traverse. See move/halt.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a coupling (as in a chain) that has one end that turns on a headed pin

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The verb swivel has one meaning:

Meaning #1: turn on a pivot
  Synonym: pivot

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - omdrejningstap, hvirvel, bevægelig tap, svirvel, svingslæde
v. tr. - svinge, dreje
v. intr. - svinge, dreje

Nederlands (Dutch)
draaien, roteren

Français (French)
n. - émerillon, pivotement
v. tr. - faire pivoter, tourner
v. intr. - pivoter, tourner

Deutsch (German)
n. - Drehgelenk
v. - (sich) drehen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - στροφείο, στρόφιγγα, ρεζές, στρεπτήρας, (καθομ.) αλληθώρισμα
v. - περιστρέφω/-ομαι

Italiano (Italian)
perno, ruotare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - tornel (m)
v. - girar

Русский (Russian)
шарнирное соединение, поворачивать на шарнирах, прикреплять к шарнирному устройству

Español (Spanish)
n. - eslabón giratorio, pivote
v. tr. - girar, hacer girar
v. intr. - girar, hacer girar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - lekare, svivel, pivå, tapp
v. - snurra (på), svänga

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
转环, 旋转椅的台座, 旋转轴承, 使旋转, 给...装上转体, 使转动, 旋转, 转动

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 轉環, 旋轉椅的台座, 旋轉軸承
v. tr. - 使旋轉, 給...裝上轉體, 使轉動
v. intr. - 旋轉, 轉動

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 회전 이음쇠, 회전 고리, 받침
v. tr. - 회전 고리를 달다, 선회 시키다
v. intr. - 선회하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 回り継手, スイベル, 回転砲架
v. - 旋回させる, 回り継手を付ける, 旋回する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) وصله بين جزئين تمكن احدهما فقط من الدوران بحريه (فعل) يدور وكأنه على حامل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הצמדה של שני חלקים המאפשרת לאחד מהם להסתובב בלי לסובב את האחר, סביבול, חח, כן בעל ציר‬
v. tr. - ‮סובב סביבול‬
v. intr. - ‮הסתובב כסביבול‬

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