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Meanings of yaw in English

Portuguese
bocejar

Be wide open.

bocejar

An erratic deflection from an intended course.

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Usage of yaw in English
1
The Wiimote currently measures the pitch, yaw and roll of the controller.
Wired
2
Sure; yaw, I, Samuel Albrecht, vill make of you a great actor.
Beth Norvell: A Romance of the West
3
This supports the hypothesis that the nodulus mediates yaw-to-vertical or roll cross-coupling.
Pubmed
4
The fluorescents creak and yaw in their casings, then surge to life.
Anthropology of an american girl: a novel
5
And yaw woan't box, I dare say, he will coodgel with yaw.
The Adventures of Roderick Random
6
Eemerk picked it up, and was so pleased that he exclaimed, Heigh-yaw!
The Giant of the North: Pokings Round the Pole
7
The man zays yaw may put it in the pooblic prints.
The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves
8
The spaceplane's yaw angle reversed as it performed an abrupt roll.
The Reality Dysfunction
9
The AR software also reads the pitch and yaw of the worker's head.
Wired
10
Ach vas, den shall you kiss me yet some more, yaw!
Tales of Aztlan; The Romance of a Hero of Our Late Spanish-Ameri...
11
The pilot could tilt the main rotors to control yaw.
Wired
12
He made the nose yaw, but was unable to locate anything on its screen.
This World Must Die!
13
Start a portside yaw turn-nota big or fast one, just a few degrees.
Beginnings
14
He climbed back aboard and tapped the thrusters to stabilize their pitch and yaw.
First Strike
15
Here, pull harder, Steve; you're lettin' her yaw around terrible.
Afloat on the Flood
16
Thrusters burn in short bursts in response to changes in pitch, roll and yaw inputs.
The Guardian
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Yaw through the time
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