1. Move rapidly and uncontrollably
   "The cars careened down the road";
   - career
    
2. Walk as if unable to control one's movements
   "The drunken man careened into the room";
   - stagger, reel, keel, lurch
    
3. Move sideways or in an unsteady way
   "The ship careened out of control";
   - wobble, shift, tilt
    
4. Turn a ship on its side to allow repairs and maintenance to one side of the hull at low tide
   "The sailors careened the vessel to scrape barnacles off its hull"

Derived forms: careened, careening, careens

Type of: go, locomote, move, travel, walk

Encyclopedia: Careen