Synonyms for yaw

Grammar : Verb

Spell : yaw

Phonetic Transcription : yɔ

Définition of yaw

Origin : "to fall away from the line of a course," 1540s, from Old Norse jaga, Old Danish jæge "to drive, chase," from Middle Low German jagen (see yacht).

verb temporarily swerve off coarse
verb swerve

Example sentences :

The screw is always edging a ship off, and the lighter the ballast the wider the yaw.
Extract from : « The Pagan Madonna » by Harold MacGrath

The Yaw Derevocsid Eht, said everybody who looked at the writing.
Extract from : « Peter the Priest » by Mr Jkai

Here, pull harder, Steve; you're lettin' her yaw around terrible.
Extract from : « Afloat on the Flood » by Lawrence J. Leslie

It was as large as a silver dollar, that yaw, and it took all of three weeks to heal.
Extract from : « The Cruise of the Snark » by Jack London

"Yaw, yaw," replied the spectre-crew, put into motion by the order.
Extract from : « George Cruikshank's Omnibus » by George Cruikshank

Take a Swede or a Dutchman: it's yaw yaw with them to the end of their time.
Extract from : « My Danish Sweetheart., Volume 2 of 3 » by William Clark Russell

The Chins in the valley of the Yaw and its tributaries were raiders.
Extract from : « The Pacification of Burma » by Sir Charles Haukes Todd Crosthwaite

Yaw—To swerve from side to side as a vessel does when running free.
Extract from : « On Yacht Sailing » by Thomas Fleming Day

I will yaw the ship, and as your guns come to bear, slap it right into his bows.
Extract from : « Tom Cringle's Log » by Michael Scott

As the ship jumped and began to yaw, she was thrown across the cabin.
Extract from : « Sinister Paradise » by Robert Moore Williams

Antonyms for yaw

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