yaw

To swerve off course momentarily or temporarily.

To turn about the vertical axis. Used of an aircraft, spacecraft, or projectile.

To move unsteadily; weave.

To cause to yaw.

The act of yawing.

Extent of yawing, measured in degrees.

Nautical, a temporary deviation of a ship or vessel from the direct line of her course.

To go unsteadily; bend or deviate from a straight course: chiefly nautical.

To move aside; move from one side to the other.

One of the tubercles characteristic of the disease known as yaws.