maneuvers
noun
- 1
The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting units.
“Joint NATO maneuvers are as much an exercise in diplomacy as in tactics and logistics.”
- 2
Any strategic or cunning action; a stratagem.
- 3
A movement of the body, or with an implement, instrument etc., especially one performed with skill or dexterity.
- 4
A specific medical or surgical movement, often eponymous, done with the doctor's hands or surgical instruments.
- 5
A controlled (especially skilful) movement taken while steering a vehicle.
“Parallel parking can be a difficult maneuver.”
verb
- 1
To move (something, or oneself) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.
- 2
To guide, steer, manage purposefully
- 3
To intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme
“The patriarch maneuvered till his offspring occupied countless key posts”
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