noun. A short rod or shaft on which a related part rotates or swings.

noun. A person or thing on which something depends; the central or crucial factor.

noun. The act of turning on a pivot.

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noun. A person around which a formation of marching people turns.

noun. A player who plays at the center of the offense.

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noun. A position taken by an offensive player usually facing away from the basket near the foul line to relay passes, attempt a shot, or set screens.

noun. The stationary foot around which the ball handler is allowed to pivot without dribbling.

intransitive verb. To mount on, attach by, or provide with a pivot or pivots.

intransitive verb. To cause to rotate, revolve, or turn.

intransitive verb. To turn on a pivot.

intransitive verb. To depend or be centered.

To place on a pivot; furnish with a pivot.

To turn or swing on a pivot, or as on a pivot: hinge.

noun. A pin on which a wheel or other object turns.

noun. Milit., the officer or soldier upon whom a line of troops wheels.

noun. Figuratively, that on which some matter or result hinges or depends; a turning-point.

noun. A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or other body turns.

noun. The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a support.

noun. Hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on which important results depend.

noun. The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place whike the company or line moves around him in wheeling; -- called also pivot man.

noun. a form of drawbridge in which one span, called the pivot span, turns about a central vertical axis.

noun. a gun mounted on a pivot or revolving carriage, so as to turn in any direction.

noun. an artificial crown attached to the root of a natural tooth by a pin or peg.

transitive verb. To place on a pivot.

noun. A thing on which something turns; specifically a metal pointed pin or short shaft in machinery, such as the end of an axle or spindle.

noun. Something or someone having a paramount significance in a certain situation.

noun. Act of turning on one foot.

noun. A player in with responsibility for co-ordinating their team in a particular jam.

verb. To turn on an exact spot.

noun. the act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot

noun. the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver

noun. axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns

verb. turn on a pivot

"Morrissey also notes that this is the second time official white house communications have used the term pivot"