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swivel

verb as in spin around axis

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I had to keep my head on a swivel.

Across from her waterbed, she has a research library, complete with a swiveling ladder, full of fashion books.

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The former model was visiting her native Australia from her home in the US when she spotted groups of people swivelling wooden hoops around their waists.

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Now, when the Win-Dow employees exit the kitchen to the Sunset Triangle Plaza, they immediately swivel around and lock the door tight.

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When he did look around, he was forced to swivel his head because he had lost one eye to a grenade at the front.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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