Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. Having the property of moving aimlessly or at the mercy of external forces.
- n. a driving technique where the driver intentionally oversteers, causing loss of traction in the rear wheels, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner
- v. present participle of drift.
WordNet 3.0
- n. aimless wandering from place to place
- adj. continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
Examples
“Ferman said she had never heard of the term drifting before the fatal accident, but she now realizes that teenagers having been practicing it for a while.”
“With such deep, evident differences, Mr Xi has this week urged a longer view, framing what he calls the "drifting clouds" and "temporary disturbances" of the current turbulent relationship against the undeniable achievements in the 40 years since Nixon's landmark visit to China.”
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“Dead-drifting is important, too, especially in trout or walleye rivers where a jig swinging in the current, and occasionally ticking bottom, is a top producer.”
“Magic Kids, however, have little in common with the likes of Small Black, Washed Out and all the fuzzy and sunburned music drifting from the west coast.”
“The activists -- key members of the coalition that propelled Obama to the White House -- fear he is drifting from the antiwar moorings of his once-longshot presidential candidacy.”
“This is all told in flashback scenes, as an iceberg is drifting from the arctic, slowly melting to reveal the shape of a man.”
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“At that point, another company will be the new, hot place to work, and the talent will begin drifting towards that employer.”
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“Anyway, I spent the rest of the evening hanging out on the ground level of the hotel, drifting from the green room where”
“Im drifting from the point but dont feel impotent in these matters.”
“Ratchet in hand, he peers into the truck's dark cavern, tapping his boot to Merle Haggard's "Silver Wings" drifting from the garage.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘drifting’.
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fuckward bound
directions!fuckward, hopeward, roundways, bumward, archeways, dumbward, slipways, sleepward, tripward, revoways, plagueward, failways and 32 more...
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A Myriad of Irii
Iris varieties.
abbondanza, abiqua falls, about town, above the clouds, acadian miss, acapulco gold, act of kindness, adoregon, aegean wind, afternoon in rio, aggressively forward, agua fresca and 721 more...
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eloise's Words
embrace, perfect, imagine, dance, water, color, echo, hollow, sorrow, beauty, impossible, violet and 438 more...
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d is for depressing!
dolorous, damaging, depressing, drab, dull, dumb, derelict, decaying, dubious, doubtful, dreadful, dangerous and 86 more...
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favorite words
diffuse, ameliorate, needlessly, murky, lethargic, opaque, chouette, ambiguous, finesse, verisimilitude, gingerly, delicate and 42 more...
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EngagingEnglish
mug, deftly, gauge, billboard, extrovert, assertiveness, sociability, discern, intriguing, stymied, stymie, impart and 71 more...
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slow
leisurely, linger, stroll, wade, glide, drifting, amble, ramble, roam, snooze, wander, wonder and 8 more...
Tweets
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john “This may be the most popular sport of Saudi youth, an obsessive, semilegal competition that dominates weekend nights here. It ranges from garden variety drag racing to “drifting,�? an extremely dangerous practice in which drivers deliberately spin out and skid sideways at high speeds, sometimes killing themselves and spectators.�?
The New York Times, Saudi Racers Roar All Night, Fueled by Boredom, by Robert F. Worth, March 7, 2009 Mar 8, 2009
bilby *drifts*
Hey, this is fun! Nov 18, 2008