swerving
noun
1 swerving
The act of turning aside suddenly.
synonyms: swerve, veering.
Roget 279:
deviation;
swerving
etc.
v.;
obliquation†,
warp,
refraction;
flection†,
flexion;
sweep;
deflection,
deflexure†;
declination.
diversion,
digression,
depart from,
aberration;
divergence
etc.
291;
zigzag;
detour
etc.
(circuit)
629;
divagation.
[Desultory motion]
wandering
etc.
v.;
vagrancy,
evagation†;
bypaths and crooked ways;
byroad.
[Motion sideways, oblique motion]
sidling
etc.
v.;
knight's move at chess.
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