careen
Plural: careens
Noun
- pitching dangerously to one side
- The position of a ship laid on one side.
Verb
Verb Forms: careened, careening, careens
- To lean, sway, or lurch from side to side while moving.
- walk as if unable to control one's movements
- move sideways or in an unsteady way
- "The ship careened out of control"
- 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.
- To career, to move rapidly straight ahead, to rush carelessly.
- To move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way.
Examples
- His game strategy began to CAREEN wildly after he missed a clear ’Q’ hook.
Origin / Etymology
Late 16th century, from French carène (“keel”), from Italian carena, from Latin carīna (“keel of a ship”). Doublet of carene and carina.
Scrabble Score: 8
careen: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordcareen: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
careen: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 10
careen: valid Words With Friends Word