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" Seven or eight minutes later they boarded the Broadway express, CARENEED uptown for two long stops and got off at 96th St." (Is it an American word??)
Thanks.

2007-04-30 09:14:48 · 6 answers · asked by usbc s 4 in Society & Culture Languages

6 answers

It's not American; it's a perfectly good english word.
CAREEN:
v.intr.

1. To lurch or swerve while in motion.
2. To rush headlong or carelessly; career: “He careened through foreign territories on a desperate kind of blitz” (Anne Tyler).
3. Nautical.
1. To lean to one side, as a ship sailing in the wind.
2. To turn a ship on its side for cleaning, caulking, or repairing.

v.tr. Nautical.

1. To cause (a ship) to lean to one side; tilt.
2.
1. To lean (a ship) on one side for cleaning, caulking, or repairing.
2. To clean, caulk, or repair (a ship in this position).

n. Nautical.

1. The act or process of careening a ship.
2. The position of a careened ship.

2007-04-30 09:20:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

You mean careened?

careen

transitive verb
1 : to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull
2 : to cause to heel over
intransitive verb
1 a : to careen a boat b : to undergo this process
2 : to heel over
3 : to sway from side to side : LURCH
4 : CAREER

2007-04-30 16:19:55 · answer #2 · answered by Maus 7 · 0 0

Careened is another and idiomatic manner os saying carreered. I tmeans to drive recklessly and fast, almost out of control in this case. It just may be American, but I can't say for sure.

2007-04-30 16:57:58 · answer #3 · answered by quietwalker 5 · 0 0

It is not an American word, not even slang. It is English though.

2007-04-30 16:21:04 · answer #4 · answered by Marian30 3 · 0 0

Careened- shot down, (drove fast)

2007-04-30 16:32:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

moved quickly
and yes it is.

2007-04-30 16:21:56 · answer #6 · answered by sagegranny 4 · 0 0

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