1. meaning, intent

2. a controlled sidewards skid

3. to leave
by The Return of Light Joker June 12, 2009
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it would seem that most people trying to define the term drift here are either people who look at drifting in somewhat of a negative view, or people who think they know all about drifting because they watch initial D alot.It would also seem that all,if not most of these people are americans.
take it from someone who knows drifting, not because it's popular in their country,and not because they have seen it on a cool looking cartoon. drifting in australia is not very big, and that's the way we like it. i have drifted effectively,and i have also written off a car in the proccess of drifting once. from the over use of the word "ricer" i can tell that most of these people take drifting as somesort of an ego trip thing,and that drifting in america is quite big, thus making many people think they are down because they go to the battles and watch the cartoons.try it for real and see how you go.
DRIFTING IS: The art of driving a car sideways through a corner whilst maintaining effective wheelspin.
it started underground.keep it that way.
'i'm a drifter because i called someone a ricer for talking about drifting'.....that's NOT how it goes.

KEEP DRIFT UNDERGROUND
by legitimate business man July 17, 2005
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An advanced driving technique used mainly for show in which the driver maintains oversteer through balance of throttle and steering inputs. It is the latest trend to be slowly taken over by automotive posers (Ricers). Because of this, you see many "dRifT ThUgZ," who are no more than idiot posers who watch too much Initial D and think yanking the E-brake around the street is a drift. Go Away.
"Yo, he did a mad drift, yo in da hood I'm a faggot gangsta please give me penis" <- WRONG.
by Lonely Doridori January 11, 2004
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The act of masturbating is also known as drifting .

Whiles drifting a car consist of high level of control with the hand , it's also about lossing control resulting alot of fun.Thus come drifting = masturbating
The amount of drifting you're doing . I'm gonna run out of cucumbers.
by Teabagtim May 9, 2016
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to follow a persons conversation as their mind drifts to a different yet somehow connected thought
by Drezdyn February 22, 2004
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A controlled loss of control
a car drifts round the track in control of the drift but the drift is a loss of control
by jack cl January 5, 2011
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In racing, it is the clipping of the apex of a turn to attain higher corner exit speeds. This achieved by breaking the tire traction limit and putting the car into a controlled skid. As the vehicle slides, the weight shifts from each tire to another, and causes the car to circle around and clip the apex.

Popularized by the anime "Initial D."
They call keiichi tsuchiya the Drift King because he drifted in touge battles.
by davey November 29, 2003
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