Synonyms for pivot

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : piv-uh t

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɪv ət

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Définition of pivot

Origin : 1610s, from French pivot, from Old French pivot "hinge pin, pivot" (12c.), also "penis," of uncertain origin. Figurative sense of "central point" is recorded from 1813.

noun center point about which something
verb revolve around center point

Example sentences :

The trussed-up pair started at once to pivot around on the floor.
Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner

In a word, the children—they are the pivot about which all regulations of marriage should turn.
Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley

But that is the pivot of the whole business, and the important point yet to be proved!
Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre

Solder is flowed around the pivot to hold it securely in place.
Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates

At all events, he made it the pivot of all reasonings with me.
Extract from : « Sir Jasper Carew » by Charles James Lever

The Incubator kids swings like they was on a pivot, and piles in after him.
Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford

He would be knocked clean off the pivot on which he's revolved these thirty years.
Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service

Seems to me every one's travelling on a pivot in the old country.
Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service

Now it was the bow gun, now the after pivot, now a full broadside.
Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston

Mr. Holmes was already busy swinging the light on its pivot.
Extract from : « The Grammar School Boys of Gridley » by H. Irving Hancock

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