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   swerve

   /swəːv/

   verb

   • 1. change or cause to change direction abruptly: "a lorry swerved across her path"

   noun

   • 1. an abrupt change of direction: "do not make sudden swerves, particularly around parked vehicles"
   • ▪ divergence from a straight course imparted to a ball or other object, especially in soccer, cricket, or snooker.

   Word Origin Old Englishsweorfan ‘depart, leave, turn aside’, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Dutch swerven ‘to stray’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. swerveless adjective
   • 2. swerver noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • S

     1

   • W

     4

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

   • V

     4

   • E

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