Associations to the word «Swivet»

Wiktionary

SWIVET, noun. A state or condition of haste, flutter; extreme discomposure or distress; irritation, exasperation, annoyance.

Dictionary definition

SWIVET, noun. A panic or extreme discomposure; "it threw her into a swivet".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope