Swerving — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the act of turning aside suddenly

turn sharply; change direction abruptly

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/swˈɜːvɪŋ/

🇬🇧British English

/swˈɜːvɪŋ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/swˈɜːvɪŋ/

2 syllables Say it as /swˈɜːvɪŋ/.

Examples

The car cut to the left at the intersection
The motorbike veered to the right

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

cut trend slue veering sheer swerve curve veer slew

Parts of Speech

noun	the act of turning aside suddenly
verb	turn sharply; change direction abruptly “The car cut to the left at the intersection”

Word Forms

swerve	verb	turn sharply; change direction abruptly
veer	verb	turn sharply; change direction abruptly
swerve	noun	an erratic deflection from an intended course
swerving	noun	the act of turning aside suddenly
curve	noun	the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
trend	noun	general line of orientation
veering	noun	the act of turning aside suddenly

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

ausweichen

der Akt des plötzlichen Abwendens

🇫🇷French

faire un écart

le fait de se détourner soudainement

🇪🇸Spanish

desviándose

el acto de desviarse repentinamente

🇮🇹Italian

sterzando

l'atto di voltarsi improvvisamente

🇳🇱Dutch

uitwijken

de handeling van het plotseling afwenden

🇵🇹Portuguese

desviando

o ato de se desviar repentinamente

🇷🇺Russian

сворачивание

акт внезапного поворота в сторону

India

🇮🇳Hindi

घूमना

अचानक एक ओर मुड़ने की क्रिया

🇮🇳Tamil

அலைந்து திரிகிறது

திடீரென்று விலகிச் செல்லும் செயல்

🇮🇳Telugu

ఊగిసలాడుతోంది

అకస్మాత్తుగా పక్కకు తిరిగే చర్య

🇮🇳Marathi

फिरणे

अचानक बाजूला वळण्याची क्रिया

🇮🇳Gujarati

ભટકવું

અચાનક બાજુ તરફ વળવાની ક્રિયા

🇮🇳Kannada

ತೂಗಾಡುತ್ತಿದೆ

ಇದ್ದಕ್ಕಿದ್ದಂತೆ ಪಕ್ಕಕ್ಕೆ ತಿರುಗುವ ಕ್ರಿಯೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അലയുന്നു

പെട്ടെന്ന് മാറിപ്പോകുന്ന പ്രവൃത്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਘੁੰਮਣਾ

ਅਚਾਨਕ ਇੱਕ ਪਾਸੇ ਮੁੜਨ ਦੀ ਕਿਰਿਆ

🇵🇰Urdu

گھومنا

اچانک ایک طرف ہٹ جانے کا عمل

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

急转弯

突然转身的行为

🇯🇵Japanese

逸れる

突然脇を向く行為

🇰🇷Korean

방향을 바꾸는

갑자기 옆으로 돌아서는 행위

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đổi hướng

hành động đột ngột quay sang một bên

🇹🇭Thai

หักเลี้ยว

การหันเหไปทางอื่นกะทันหัน

🇮🇩Indonesian

membelok

tindakan berpaling secara tiba-tiba

🇵🇭Filipino

umiikot

ang aktong tumabi bigla

🇲🇾Malay

melencong

perbuatan menoleh secara tiba-tiba

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

انحراف

فعل التحول جانبا فجأة

🇮🇷Persian

منحرف شدن

عمل دور زدن ناگهانی

🇹🇷Turkish

yoldan çıkma

aniden kenara dönme eylemi

🇮🇱Hebrew

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