0 present participle of career
1 (especially of a vehicle) to move fast and in a way that is out of control:
I am sure that we have all been on a pavement when a cyclist who should not be there comes careering along.
The people concerned see films on television which show cars careering around the countryside and believe that they can do it.
What concerns me is the odd vehicle individually careering about the country; in that lies great danger.
We have all witnessed double-decker buses careering around country lanes, usually entirely empty.
Sadly, the reality is that the vehicle is probably a 42-tonne lorry careering through the village at 55 mph.
I mentioned earlier the example of an aircraft careering off a runway into a road.
It is not an extraordinary assumption that we shall not want to go careering all over the country setting up demonstration farms.
For triumphantly careering round the course.
