about ship alternate battledore and shuttlecock bear away bear off bear to starboard beat beat about box off break bring about bring round cant cant round cast cast about change change course change the heading come about come and go dither double a point ebb and flow equivocate fetch about flounder fluctuate go about go through phases gybe heave round hitch and hike jibe jibe all standing miss stays oscillate pass and repass pendulate ply reciprocate ride and tie ring the changes round a point seesaw sheer shift shilly-shally shuffle shuttle shuttlecock slew stagger sway swerve swing swing round swing the stern tack teeter teeter-totter tergiversate throw about to-and-fro totter turn turn back vacillate vary veer waver wax and wane wear wear ship wibble-wabble wigwag wind wobble yaw zigzag