Synonyms:
swerve, swerving, veering
Meaning: the act of turning aside suddenly
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut
Meaning: turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
Usage examples
Hardly had he spoken than a puff of wind caused the daring manipulator of the monoplane to swerve to one side.
"If perchance thou permittest the staff of justice to swerve, let it be not by the weight of a gift, but by that of mercy.
We rushed up the hills, we shot down their farther slopes; from the rocky chasms of the river-bed he did not swerve; he held on over them his fierce, terrible gallop.