See yaw in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
- (Nautical)
To turn aside sharply from a straight course:
chop2, cut, sheer1, skew, slue1, swerve, veer. See change To lean suddenly, unsteadily, and erratically from the vertical axis:
lurch, pitch, roll, seesaw. See move, straight
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