yaw

1. 1.

   an erratic deflection from an intended course

   Synonymsswerve

   Broaderturning

Other forms of yaw

plural

yaws·

past tense

yawed·

present participle

yawing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about yaw

What does yaw mean?

yaw means "be wide open". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in yaw?

yaw has 1 syllable: yaw. In IPA it is /ˈjɔ/.

What is another word for yaw?

Close synonyms include gape, yawn, swerve. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is yaw a common word?

yaw is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.