SWERVING
swerve, swerving, veering
(noun) the act of turning aside suddenly
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
swerving (comparative more swerving, superlative most swerving)
(humourous) Variable, unsteady.
Noun
swerving (plural swervings)
An unpredictable change of direction.
Verb
swerving
present participle of swerve
Source: Wiktionary
SWERVE
Swerve, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Swerved; p. pr. & vb. n. Swerving.] Etym:
[OE. swerven, AS. sweorfan to wipe off, to file, to polish; akin to
OFries. swerva to creep, D. zwerven to swerve, to rope, OS. swerban
to wipe off, MHG. swerben to be whirled, OHG. swerban to wipe off,
Icel. sverfa to file, Goth. swaírban (in comp.) to wipe, and perhaps
to E. swarm. Cf. Swarm.]
1. To stray; to wander; to rope. [Obs.]
A maid thitherward did run, To catch her sparrow which from her did
swerve. Sir P. Sidney.
2. To go out of a straight line; to deflect. "The point [of the
sword] swerved." Sir P. Sidney.
3. To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule or duty; to
depart from what is established by law, duty, custom, or the like; to
deviate.
I swerve not from thy commandments. Bk. of Com. Prayer.
They swerve from the strict letter of the law. Clarendon.
Many who, through the contagion of evil example, swerve exceedingly
from the rules of their holy religion. Atterbury.
4. To bend; to incline. "The battle swerved." Milton.
5. To climb or move upward by winding or turning.
The tree was high; Yet nimbly up from bough to bough I swerved.
Dryden.
Swerve, v. t.
Definition: To turn aside. Gauden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition