swerve, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

swerve n.

(N.Z.) an act of avoidance.

1988		McGill Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 110/1: swerve avoidance of something disagreeable.
2003		McGill Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. 205: swerve, a Something you avoid. You might give a swerve to your former girlfriend’s invitation to her party.

SE in slang uses

In phrases

get one’s swerve on (v.)

1. (US black) to dance.

1997–2001

Online Sl. Dict. 🌐 get (one’s) swerve on v [...] 2. to dance.

2. (US black) to have sexual intercourse.

1997–2000

College Sl. Research Project (Cal. State Poly. Uni., Pomona) 🌐 Get (one’s) swerve on (verb) 1. To have sex. 2. To make out.

3. (also get one’s shwerve on, get the swerve on) to do something well, to be in the swing of things.

1997–2001		Online Sl. Dict. 🌐 get (one’s) swerve on v 1. to do something well in one’s own way or in a unique manner, usually involving members of the opposite sex. Also pronounced ‘schwerve’. (‘I’m about to get my swerve on.’).
2002		Teen Lingo: The Source for Youth Ministry 🌐 get your shwerve/swerve on To get into a rhythm. To achieve a positive momentum. When playing basketball, if your team does well you can say ‘Now we got the swerve on!’.

4. (US black) to send a prostitute out to work.

2000

Ebonics Primer at www.dolemite.com 🌐 swerve Definition: pimpin hos, spittin game on tricks. Example: I’m fiending to get my swerve on that big booty-ho.

5. (US teen) to drink.

1998

M. Ferguson ‘Unstoppable Sl.’ in Columbia Missourian 19 Oct. 1A; 8A: getting your swerve on – drinking.

get the swerve (v.) [baseball imagery]

(US) to be deceived, to be let down.

1973

G.V. Higgins Digger’s Game (1981) 126: Time we got the swerve from Maloney.

put the swerve on (v.)

(US Und.) to deceive (with a confidence trick).

1932

V.F. Nelson Prison Days and Nights 95: There was an old biddy up there with a thousand shares of T. & T. preferred [...] Man it was a shame the way we put the old ‘swerve’ on her!