Veer right

I'm not sure, but I think my GPS says "veer" right or left sometimes, not just "turn." Veer is a strange little monosyllablic word. I wonder where it came from?

The web tells me that it means turn suddenly, change direction, swerve, and it comes from Old French!

I also see turn clockwise, as a definition, but my GPS said veer left, when it wanted me to make a U-Turn on US 19. That was definitely a counter-clockwise turn.

I learned something today, I thought it meant a slight turn, not a sharp turn!