Definitions
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- adjective Having the property of moving aimlessly or at the mercy of external forces.
- noun 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
- verb Present participle of
drift .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun aimless wandering from place to place
- adjective continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
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Examples
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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.
Phillies Zone 2010
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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.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph Peter Foster 2012
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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.
This week's new live music Andrew Clements 2010
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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.
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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.
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This is all told in flashback scenes, as an iceberg is drifting from the arctic, slowly melting to reveal the shape of a man.
Rumor: Matthew McConaughey Possibly Captain America - Blasphemy! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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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.
How Google’s Checkbook Stymied Microsoft - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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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
11/4/07: World Fantasy, day 3 jaylake 2007
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Im drifting from the point but dont feel impotent in these matters.
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Ratchet in hand, he peers into the truck's dark cavern, tapping his boot to Merle Haggard's "Silver Wings" drifting from the garage.
09/26/2004 2004
bilby commented on the word drifting
*drifts*
Hey, this is fun!
November 18, 2008
john commented on the word drifting
“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
March 8, 2009