careen
/kəˈɹiːn/ · noun
Meaning
- The position of a ship laid on one side.
- To heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other, in order to clean it of barnacles and weed, or to repair it below the water line.
- To tilt on one side.
- To lurch or sway violently from side to side.
- To tilt or lean while in motion.
- (chiefly US) To career, to move rapidly straight ahead, to rush carelessly.
- (chiefly US) To move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way.
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