maneuver

IPA: mʌnˈuvɝ

noun

  • (military) The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting units.
  • Any strategic or cunning action; a stratagem.
  • A movement of the body, or with an implement, instrument etc., especially one performed with skill or dexterity.
  • (medicine) A specific medical or surgical movement, often eponymous, done with the doctor's hands or surgical instruments.
  • A controlled (especially skillful) movement taken while steering a vehicle.

verb

  • (transitive, intransitive) To move (something, or oneself) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.
  • (figurative, transitive) To guide, steer, manage purposefully
  • (figurative, intransitive) To intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme
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