American & Australian also swivels, swiveling, swiveled
swivel around/round
to turn around so that you can see someone or something behind you
She swivelled around to see who had walked into the office.
phraseswivel around1.swivel around/round to turn around, so that you face the opposite direction: Dr Schmidt swivelled around in his chair to face the window."Your figure's very attractive." Mrs. Mounce swivelled round on her heel, and stared at him.swivel your head/eyes around"There's Phil Aldrich!" Shirley whispered. Liz swivelled her head round to have a look at him.■ SIMILAR TO: turn around, swing around2.swivel around/round if something swivels around, or if you swivel it around, it turns around a central fixed point: The spotlight swivels around and can be pointed in any direction.She swivelled the camera around and scanned the room.