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swivel

1 verb
     
swiv‧el1 also swivel around/round past tense and past participle swivelled, present participle swivelling British English, past tense and past participle swiveled, present participle swiveling American English
[intransitive and transitive] to turn around quickly and face a different direction, or to make something do this [↪ spin]:
Anna swivelled round to face him.
She swivelled her head round to watch what was happening.
Danny swiveled his chair away from me.
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