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All careering synonyms

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verb careering

  • bound β€” Bound is the past tense and past participle of bind.
  • skim β€” to take up or remove (floating matter) from the surface of a liquid, as with a spoon or ladle: to skim the cream from milk.
  • course β€” Course is often used in the expression 'of course', or instead of 'of course' in informal spoken English. See of course.
  • whiz β€” to make a humming, buzzing, or hissing sound, as an object passing swiftly through the air.
  • pitch β€” to smear or cover with pitch.
  • heave β€” to raise or lift with effort or force; hoist: to heave a heavy ax.
  • cast β€” The cast of a play or film is all the people who act in it.
  • sail β€” an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
  • scud β€” to run or move quickly or hurriedly.
  • start β€” to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
  • fly β€” to move through the air using wings.
  • plunge β€” to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge: to plunge a dagger into one's heart.
  • run β€” execution
  • thrust β€” to push forcibly; shove; put or drive with force: He thrust his way through the crowd. She thrust a dagger into his back.
  • throw β€” to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
  • shoot β€” to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon.
  • launch β€” to set (a boat or ship) in the water.
  • tear β€” the act of tearing.
  • spurt β€” to gush or issue suddenly in a stream or jet, as a liquid; spout.
  • charge β€” If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
  • haste β€” swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
  • lash β€” an ocean-going vessel equipped with special cranes and holds for lifting and stowing cargo-carrying barges that can be sailed up inland waterways or into port facilities from offshore.
  • boil β€” When a hot liquid boils or when you boil it, bubbles appear in it and it starts to change into steam or vapour.
  • zoom β€” to move quickly or suddenly with a loud humming or buzzing sound: cars zooming by on the freeway.
  • breeze β€” A breeze is a gentle wind.
  • roll β€” to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a ball or a wheel.
  • barrel β€” A barrel is a large, round container for liquids or food.
  • canter β€” When a horse canters, it moves at a speed that is slower than a gallop but faster than a trot.
  • jump β€” to spring clear of the ground or other support by a sudden muscular effort; leap: to jump into the air; to jump out a window.
  • pace β€” a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.: to walk at a brisk pace of five miles an hour.
  • leap β€” to spring through the air from one point or position to another; jump: to leap over a ditch.
  • hurdle β€” a portable barrier over which contestants must leap in certain running races, usually a wooden frame with a hinged inner frame that swings down under impact to prevent injury to a runner who does not clear it.
  • rack β€” the neck portion of mutton, pork, or veal.
  • pound β€” Archaic. to shut up in or as in a pound; impound; imprison.
  • belabor β€” If you say that someone belabors the point, you mean that they keep on talking about it, perhaps in an annoying or boring way.
  • hammer β€” Armand, 1898–1990, U.S. businessman and art patron.
  • belt β€” A belt is a strip of leather or cloth that you fasten round your waist.
  • swat β€” to hit; slap; smack.
  • strike β€” to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
  • sling β€” an iced alcoholic drink, typically containing gin, water, sugar, and lemon or lime juice.
  • rain β€” water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter. Compare drizzle (def 6).
  • wallop β€” to beat soundly; thrash.
  • knock β€” to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
  • stone β€” the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
  • pour β€” to send (a liquid, fluid, or anything in loose particles) flowing or falling, as from one container to another, or into, over, or on something: to pour a glass of milk; to pour water on a plant.
  • thrash β€” to beat soundly in punishment; flog.
  • lapidate β€” to pelt with stones.
  • propel β€” to drive, or cause to move, forward or onward: to propel a boat by rowing.
  • duck β€” any of numerous wild or domesticated web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genus Anas and allied genera, characterized by abroad, flat bill, short legs, and depressed body.
  • submerse β€” to submerge.
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