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   Swerve

   /swərv/

   

   verb

   • 1. change or cause to change direction abruptly: "a car swerved around a corner"

   noun

   • 1. an abrupt change of direction: "do not make sudden swerves, particularly around parked vehicles"

   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

     1

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