Usually means: Tilt or sway while moving.
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General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. careen: Merriam-Webster
  2. careen: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. careen: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. careen: Collins English Dictionary
  5. careen: Vocabulary.com
  6. Careen, careen: Wordnik
  7. careen: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. careen: Wiktionary
  9. careen: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. careen: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. careen: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Careen, careen: Dictionary.com
  13. careen: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. careen: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Careen: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Careen: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. careen: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. careen: Rhymezone
  19. Careen: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. careen: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. careen: FreeDictionary.org
  22. careen: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  23. careen: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. careen: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. careen: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  26. careen: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. careen: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. careen: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (nautical, transitive) 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.
verb:  (nautical, intransitive) To tilt on one side.
verb:  (intransitive) To lurch or sway violently from side to side.
verb:  (intransitive) To tilt or lean while in motion.
verb:  (intransitive, chiefly US) To career, to move rapidly straight ahead, to rush carelessly.
verb:  (intransitive, chiefly US) To move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way.
noun:  (nautical) The position of a ship laid on one side.

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