schlingern — meaning in English

English meaning

• careen verb To heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other, in order to clean it of barnacles and weed, or to repair it below the water line.
• lurch noun A sudden, unsteady movement, especially forward or to one side.
• roll verb To move by turning over and over on a surface.

Senses

schlingern is used for these senses in English:

• careen (intransitive) To lurch or sway violently from side to side.
• lurch A sudden or unsteady movement.
• lurch To make such a sudden, unsteady movement.
• roll (nautical, aviation) The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching; or the equivalent in an aircraft.

careen — full definition

1. verb To heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other, in order to clean it of barnacles and weed, or to repair it below the water line.
2. verb To tilt on one side.
3. verb To lurch or sway violently from side to side.
4. verb To tilt or lean while in motion.

lurch — full definition

1. noun A sudden, unsteady movement, especially forward or to one side.
2. verb To move suddenly and unsteadily.

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