capsizing

Variant of capsize

capsize definition

cap·size (kap′sīz′, kap sīz′)

transitive verb, intransitive verb capsized -·sized′, capsizing -·siz′·ing

to overturn or upset: said esp. of a boat

Etymology: 18th-c. naut. slang; ? altered (infl. by dial. cap, to overtop + side) < Sp cabezar, lit., to sink by the head (< cabo, cabeza, head)

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