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Webster 1828 Edition
Drifting
DRIFTING
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Definition 2024
drifting
drifting
English
Adjective
drifting (not comparable)
- Moving aimlessly or at the mercy of external forces.
- The drifting seaweed went where ever the currents pushed it.
Translations
moving aimlessly
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Noun
drifting (countable and uncountable, plural driftings)
- (motorsports) 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.
- The act by which something drifts.
- 2009, Mazo de la Roche, Whiteoak Heritage (page 204)
- Still, she did not regret him, for nothing Ernest could have given her would have equalled the delight of those romantic driftings on the lake with Eden.
- 2009, Mazo de la Roche, Whiteoak Heritage (page 204)
Verb
drifting
- present participle of drift