From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishswivel chairˈswivel chair noun [countable] DHFa chair whose seat part can be turned while the legs remain in the same position
Examples from the Corpus
swivel chair• Did they have to sit him in a swivel chair that swung sideways with every movement of his body?• The plastic-covered swivel chair had been torn.• He sat in his swivel chair and prayed as simply as he knew how.• I sat down in my swivel chair and propped my feet up, punching the replay button on the answering machine.• She carried the Mayor's swivel chair, put it down over City Hall, and sat in it.• Behind the desk stood a sturdy swivel chair.• On the other side of each desk, the applicant sits in a large, heavily padded, executive-type swivel chair. 