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   veer

   /vɪə/

   verb

   • 1. change direction suddenly: "an oil tanker that had veered off course"
   • ▪ suddenly change an opinion, subject, type of behaviour, etc.: "the conversation eventually veered away from theatrical things"
   • ▪ (of the wind) change direction clockwise around the points of the compass: "the wind veered a point"

   noun

   • 1. a sudden change of direction.
   • 2. an offensive play using a modified T-formation with a split backfield, which allows the quarterback the option of passing to the fullback, pitching to a running back, or running with the ball.

   Word Origin late 16th century: from French virer, perhaps from an alteration of Latin gyrare (see gyrate).

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • V

     4

   • E

     1

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

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