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Definition

verb. to lean or sway to one side while moving.

Example Sentence

The roller coaster cars careened around the bends.

More Example Sentences

He careened down the hill on his bike.

Synonyms

tilted; swayed; leaned

Antonyms

straight and slow

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Rhymes

  • beaned
  • cleaned
  • fiend
  • gleaned
  • greened
  • leaned
  • preened
  • screened
  • weaned

  • careened
  • convened
  • demeaned
  • machined
  • mckeand

  • intervened
  • reconvened
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