careen
kuh reen
- n pitching dangerously to one side
- v walk as if unable to control one's movements
- v move sideways or in an unsteady way
The ship careened out of control
- And so, as Iraq appears to careen down the road to civil war and the bloodletting gathers momentum, we are offered Zarqawi as an explanation.
- The early years of the Depression, in fact, were marked by repeated periods during which the economy seemed to stabilize, only to careen further downward usually as the .
- The words careen off one another like balls on a billiard table until they settle down, at which point you can set them in motion again or choose a new word.