All careering synonyms
caΒ·reer
C c 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, 1898β1990, 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.