What does swivelling mean?
Swivelling means (British) present participle and gerund of swivel.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(British) present participle and gerund of swivel.
Around us, groups of girls with short summer dresses hoicked up to tan their milky white thighs sat on thin jackets and aerated the grass with coy swivellings of their spiky heels.
Use swivelling when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Swivelling means (British) present participle and gerund of swivel.
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Around us, groups of girls with short summer dresses hoicked up to tan their milky white thighs sat on thin jackets and aerated the grass with coy swivellings of their spiky heels.
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