careening
Tilting while moving
Careening describes wild, uncontrolled movement—lurching from side to side while moving fast: The car came careening around the corner, He careened through the crowd.
The word suggests both speed and instability.
Originally a nautical term for tilting a ship on its side for cleaning or repair, that sense survives mainly in historical contexts.
Turning sharply aside
- veeringChanging direction suddenly
- lurchingMoving unsteadily, abruptly
- hurtlingMoving dangerously fast
- barrelingMoving recklessly fast
careering · skidding · fishtailing · zigzagging · weaving · wobbling · pitching · listing
Moving dangerously fast
- barrelingMoving recklessly fast
- rocketingIncreasing very rapidly
- racingSpeed competition sport
- speedingExceeding posted velocity limits
rushing · tearing · zooming · streaking · whizzing · bolting · flying · pelting
Carelessly ignoring danger
- out-of-controlLacking any governance
- crashSudden violent impact
- collisionForceful contact between objects
- accidentUnintended harmful event
hazard · peril · risk · treacherous · unsafe · precarious · disaster · emergency
swerving
Turning sharply aside
- veeringChanging direction suddenly
- lurchingMoving unsteadily, abruptly
- hurtlingMoving dangerously fast
barreling · careering · skidding · fishtailing · zigzagging · weaving · wobbling · pitching · listing · tilting
hurtling
Moving dangerously fast
speeding · rushing · tearing · zooming · streaking · whizzing · bolting · flying · pelting · charging
reckless
Carelessly ignoring danger
- out-of-controlLacking any governance
- crashSudden violent impact
- collisionForceful contact between objects
accident · hazard · peril · risk · treacherous · unsafe · precarious · disaster · emergency · near-miss
heeling
Leaning to one side
- listingRecorded item in catalog
- keelingShip maintenance or capsize
- capsizingWatercraft inverting suddenly
drydock · shipyard · hull · keel · portside · starboard · vessel · cleaning · scraping · beaching
- nauticalanchor, anchor chain, anchors, boat, boats
- chaosmayhem, chaotic, pandemonium, bedlam, turmoil
- erratic motionthrashing, flailing, jerking, lurching, twitching
- out of controlwild, chaotic, unruly, unchecked, runaway
- Shipyardships, boats, drydock, dry dock, slipway
- Unsteady Motionshake, vibrate, vibration, tremor, oscillating
careeningsteadying
Making less shaky
stabilizing · controlled · steady · stable · balanced
careeningstraightening
Making something not crooked
beelining · direct · linear · unwavering · true