drifter

Plural: drifters

Noun

• A person or thing that drifts; a wanderer.
• a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
• A person who moves from place to place or job to job.
• A type of lightweight sail used in light winds like a spinnaker.
• A driver who uses driving techniques to modify vehicle traction to cause a vehicle to slide or power slide rather than drive in line with the tires.
• A parachutist who jumps before the rest of the group to determine wind direction.
• A person employed in driving in rock other than coal.
• One who takes part in drift fishing.
• A boat used for drift fishing.

Examples

• He played like a drifter, never settling on a strategy in Words With Friends.

Synonyms

floater, vagabond, vagrant

Related Words

drift fishing, drift net, plankter, plankton