See swivel on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1881, Thomas Wilhelm, A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer:",
"text": "Applied to guns mounted upon the cartridges were fired without being tripods , stands , swivels , or carriages",
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"A small piece of ordnance, turning on a point or swivel; called also swivel gun."
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"(military) A small piece of ordnance, turning on a point or swivel; called also swivel gun."
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"text": "Bob ain't got no swivel.",
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"Strength of mind or character that enables one to overcome adversity; confidence; force of will."
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"The act of swivelling."
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"A rotating of the hips."
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"(dance) A rotating of the hips."
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"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "piece to permit rotation",
"word": "wartel"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "piece to permit rotation",
"word": "转节"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "piece to permit rotation",
"word": "旋轴"
},
{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "piece to permit rotation",
"word": "wartel"
},
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "piece to permit rotation",
"word": "turnkruco"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "piece to permit rotation",
"word": "leikari"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "piece to permit rotation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "émerillon"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "piece to permit rotation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Wirbel"
},
{
"code": "ga",
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"sense": "piece to permit rotation",
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"sense": "piece to permit rotation",
"word": "スイベル"
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"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "piece to permit rotation",
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "piece to permit rotation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "elo giratório"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vertljúg",
"sense": "piece to permit rotation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вертлю́г"
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"code": "sk",
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"sense": "piece to permit rotation",
"word": "otočný čap"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "piece to permit rotation",
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "piece to permit rotation",
"word": "eslabón giratorio"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "piece to permit rotation",
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"masculine"
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"code": "fi",
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"5": "to revolve"
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"ref": "2013 November 3, Delme Parfitt, “Cardiff City 1 - 0 Swansea City: Steven Caulker heads Bluebirds to South Wales derby win”, in Wales Online:",
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"To swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot."
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"(intransitive) To swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot."
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vǎrtja se okolo os",
"sense": "to swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot",
"word": "въртя се около ос"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot",
"word": "转动"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot",
"word": "pivoti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot",
"word": "pivoter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot",
"word": "pivotieren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot",
"word": "schwenken"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot",
"word": "girar"
},
{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot",
"word": "pivotar"
}
],
"word": "swivel"
}
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