WordNet
v. turn abruptly and face the other way, either physically or metaphorically; "He turned around to face his opponent"; "My conscience told me to turn around before I made a mistake" [syn: swing about, turn around]
Wikipedia
The HUSS Swing Around is an amusement park ride formerly manufactured by HUSS. It was HUSS Maschinenfabrik's first ride model, debuted in 1969. It is not manufactured by the company anymore, but there are a handful of known units left around the world. The ride rotates in a circle, and the arms swing out, and then come in. They keep on doing this during the ride, in bigger and bigger increments until the very end, where they all swing out, using pneumatic pressure. Most parks require riders to be 42 inches tall to ride; anyone under 48 inches tall must ride with an adult.
Usage examples of "swing around".
He tried to swing around to get back into the door again and as he swung he bumped into someone and he saw that it was Ann, arms filled with shopping bags and from one of the bags, he saw, protruded the leafy top of a bunch of celery.
It had a clip that attached to the back of the skirt so it didn't swing around too much, but you could pull it out into the open with one hand.
He allowed it to swing around to the direction from which they had come.
Then lifted her finger and made it float off the ground and swing around in midair.
Bryn Shander's hill wasn't very high but its base was thick, and the barbarians who were to swing around the back of the hill would be a long way from the main force.
I started to swing around a big boulder when the corner of my eye caught a flash of light and I ducked.
We will pass close to your sun and swing around it to change direction.