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verb (used without object)
1.
(of a vehicle) to lean, sway, or tip to one side while in motion: The car careened around the corner.
2.
(of a ship) to heel over or list.
3.
career (def. 7).
4.
South Midland U.S. to lean or bend away from the vertical position: The barn was careening a little.
verb (used with object) Nautical.
5.
to cause (a ship) to lie over on a side, as for repairs or cleaning; heave down.
6.
to clean or repair (a ship lying on its side for the purpose).
7.
to cause (a ship) to heel over or list, as by the force of a beam wind.
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Careen
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noun
8.
a careening.
9.
Nautical. the position of a careened ship.
Origin:
1585–95 for def. 9; < Middle French carine < Latin carīna keel, nutshell; akin to Greek káryon nut
1585–95 for def. 9; < Middle French carine < Latin carīna keel, nutshell; akin to Greek káryon nut
Related forms
ca·reen·er, noun
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Example Sentences
- But absent our leadership, it will continue to careen down the path we're going now.
- Inside, floors slope, and walls careen at dizzying angles to evoke a world gone psychotic.
- Play a tornado and careen through the world, hovering up everything in your bath.
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Word Origin & History
careen
1591, "to turn a ship on its side" (with the keel exposed), from M.Fr. carene "keel," from It. (Genoese dialect) carena, from L. carina "keel of a ship," originally "nutshell." Generalized sense of "to lean, to tilt" is 1883; confused with career (v.) since at least 1923.
EXPANDTo career is to move rapidly; to careen is to lurch from side to side (often while moving rapidly).
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