yaw
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Is yaw a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (nautical) A vessel's motion rotating about the vertical axis, so the bow yaws from side to side; a characteristic of unsteadiness.
verb (English)
1. (intransitive, aviation) To turn about the vertical axis while maintaining course.intransitive
2. (intransitive, nautical) To swerve off course to port or starboard.intransitive
3. (intransitive, nautical) To steer badly, zigzagging back and forth across the intended course of a boat; to go out of the line of course.Examples: "Just as he would lay the ship's course, all yawing being out of the question."intransitive
4. (intransitive) To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works.intransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary