maneuver

A movement or combination of movements involving skill and dexterity.

A controlled change in movement or direction of a moving vehicle or vessel, as in the flight path of an aircraft.

A strategic or tactical military or naval movement.

A large-scale tactical exercise carried out under simulated conditions of war.

A skillful or cunning action undertaken to gain an end: synonym: wile.

The undertaking of such actions.

To make a controlled series of changes in movement or direction toward an objective.