Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗The act of sluing or the place to which something has slued. · Synonym of yaw: The degree of freedom of an object such as the bogie of a train car to pivot about its vertical axis.
To rotate something on an axis. · To turn something sharply. · To rotate on an axis; to pivot. · To slide off course; to skid.
Unknown. Attested from the late 18th century. Compare the sound symbolism of sl- in words like slide, slip, slick, slink, and slope.
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