drifting

Plural: driftings

Noun

• aimless wandering from place to place
• 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.

Verb

• be in motion due to some air or water current
• wander from a direct course or at random
• move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
• vary or move from a fixed point or course
  • "stock prices are drifting higher"
• live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely
• move in an unhurried fashion
• cause to be carried by a current
• drive slowly and far afield for grazing
• be subject to fluctuation
• be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current
  • "snow drifting several feet high"
  • "sand drifting like snow"
• present participle and gerund of drift

Adjective Satellite

• continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
  • "a drifting double-dealer"

Adj

• Moving aimlessly or at the mercy of external forces.
• Without direction, focus, or goal.

Examples

• The drifting seaweed went wherever the currents carried it.

Synonyms

aimless, be adrift, blow, cast, drift, err, float, floating, freewheel, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, vagrant, wander

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