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"

fulcrum  pivotal  

pivoted  pivoting  

marcher  parader  rotary motion  rotation  

civet  rivet  

adjustable  armature  axle  clevis  conical  

ankle  arbor  articulation  avert  axis  

pivot man  

pivotally  pivoted  pivoting  pivots