verb (used without object)
1.
to change direction or turn about or aside; shift, turn, or change from one course, position, inclination, etc., to another: The speaker kept veering from his main topic. The car veered off the road.
verb (used with object)
3.
to alter the direction or course of; turn.
4.
Nautical. to turn (a vessel) away from the wind; wear.
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Veeringly
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
noun
5.
a change of direction, position, course, etc.: a sudden veer in a different direction.
Origin:
1575–85; < Middle French virer to turn
1575–85; < Middle French virer to turn
Related forms
veer·ing·ly, adverb
Synonyms
1. deviate, swerve, diverge.
1. deviate, swerve, diverge.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
veer
1580s, "to change direction" (originally with ref. to the wind), from M.Fr. virer "to turn," of uncertain origin, perhaps from the L. stem vir- in viriae (pl.) "bracelets;" or perhaps from a V.L. contraction of L. vibrare "to shake." Related: veered, veering.
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