swerve
/swɜː(ɹ)v/
Dictionary
noun
- A sudden movement out of a straight line, for example to avoid a collision.
- A deviation from duty or custom.
verb
- To stray; to wander; to rove.
- To go out of a straight line; to deflect.
- To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule or duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty, custom, or the like; to deviate.
- To bend; to incline.
- To climb or move upward by winding or turning.
- To turn aside or deviate to avoid impact.
- Of a projectile, to travel in a curved line
- To drive in the trajectory of another vehicle to stop it, to cut off.
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