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Yes, yaw is playable

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"Yaw" Definition

noun

Extent of yawing, measured in degrees.
The act of yawing.
The action of yawing.
A side to side movement.
The extent of the movement in yawing.

verb-intransitive

Nautical To swerve off course momentarily or temporarily: The ship yawed as the heavy wave struck abeam.
To move unsteadily; weave.
To turn about the vertical axis. Used of an aircraft, spacecraft, or projectile.

verb-transitive

To cause to yaw.

verb

To deviate erratically from a course (as when struck by a heavy sea).
To move from side to side.
To turn by angular motion about the vertical axis.

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