careen
verb
[ kəˈriːn ]
• move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way.
• "an electric golf cart careened around the corner"
Similar:
rush,
hurtle,
career,
streak,
shoot,
race,
bolt,
dash,
speed,
run,
whizz,
zoom,
flash,
blast,
charge,
fly,
go like the wind,
belt,
scoot,
tear,
zip,
whip,
zap,
go like a bat out of hell,
bomb,
hightail,
clip,
• turn (a ship) on its side for cleaning, caulking, or repair.
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.
