drifting
/ˈdɹɪftɪŋ/
Dictionary
verb
- To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
"The balloon was drifting in the breeze."
- To move haphazardly without any destination.
"He drifted from town to town, never settling down."
- To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.
"This car tends to drift left at high speeds."
- To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
- To drive into heaps.
"A current of wind drifts snow or sand"
- To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.
"Snow or sand drifts."
- To make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.
- To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
- To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).
noun
- The act by which something drifts.
- That which drifts.
- 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.
adjective
- Moving aimlessly or at the mercy of external forces.
"The drifting seaweed went wherever the currents carried it."
- Without direction, focus, or goal.
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