revolver

Meaning

  1. to stir, to mix
  2. to jumble up, to disarrange
  3. to turn over, to poke about, to rummage around in
  4. to consider, to turn over, to ponder
  5. to disturb, to stir up, to upset
  6. to swing around
  7. to wrap, to wrap up
  8. to turn 360 degrees, to revolve

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
re‧vol‧ver
Pronounced as (IPA)
/rebolˈbeɾ/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Latin revolvere (“turn over, roll back, reflect upon”), from re- (“back, again”) + volvō (“roll”). Cognate with English revolve although a false friend.

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