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   careen

   /kəˈriːn/

   verb

   • 1. move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way: North American "an electric golf cart careened around the corner" Similar rushhurtlecareerstreakshootraceboltdashspeedrunwhizzzoomflashblastchargeflygo like the windbeltscoottearzipwhipzapgo like a bat out of hellbombhightailclip
   • 2. turn (a ship) on its side for cleaning, caulking, or repair.
   • ▪ (of a ship) tilt; lean over: "a heavy flood tide caused my vessel to careen dizzily"

   Word Origin late 16th century (as a noun denoting the position of a careened ship): from French carène, from Italian carena, from Latin carina ‘a keel’. Sense 1 was influenced by the verb career.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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