/ kəˈriːn; NAmE / verb
[ v + adv. / prep. ] ( especially NAmE ) ( of a person or vehicle ) to move forward very quickly especially in a way that is dangerous or uncontrolled
SYN hurtle
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WORD ORIGIN
late 16th cent. (as a noun denoting the position of a careened ship, which was turned on its side for maintenance): from French carène , from Italian carena , from Latin carina a keel. The current sense was influenced by the verb career .