To cause a vehicle to slide or ‘drift’ laterally. It is caused by making a turn a speeds high enough to cause the tires (both front and rear, but the rear tires go first and the front don’t always go) to loose traction, allowing the car to slide laterally. It is possible in front, rear, and all wheel drive. Pulling the hand/emergency/parking break (three names for the same thing) at the apex of a turn will allow one to drift at lower speeds than if the rear wheels were allowed to spin freely. Also, drastically speeding up the rear wheels by revving the engine (therefore causing the rear wheels to spin faster than the car is moving forward) will allow one to drift more easily, this is only possible in rear wheel drive.
by Don W. February 20, 2005
Get the drifting mug.The act of turning off one's car on the down-slope of a hilly road in order to save gas. Recently, the term "Jewish Drift" has become archaic due to the large numbers of otherwise non-stingy denominations participating in this once Hebrew-oriented action. The action's name is largely becoming replaced by falling under the larger general category of "being frugal."
UPDATE: When gas prices again fall below $2.00, the action can be reclassified as "Jewish."
UPDATE: When gas prices again fall below $2.00, the action can be reclassified as "Jewish."
"Dude why did you turn your car off down that hill and then turn it back on at the half-way point?"
"Because I'm half Jewish, duh! LOLZ ;p !!!"
"My dad said that it's called a Jewish Drift."
"Aye, Schlepple my sippowitz!"
"Because I'm half Jewish, duh! LOLZ ;p !!!"
"My dad said that it's called a Jewish Drift."
"Aye, Schlepple my sippowitz!"
by professor witherspoon April 13, 2009
Get the Jewish Drift mug.The act of moving from a relationship with one Asian immediately to a relationship with another Asian.
by WGH204 April 9, 2013
Get the Tokyo Drift mug.When you have all of your intern friends at your airline non-rev list for every flight out of Tokyo in order to dissuade other non-revs from flying only to have them unlist and get cleared for Delta One.
by berry bUttler November 20, 2022
Get the Tokyo Drifting mug.by MrPinstripe June 28, 2009
Get the Drifting in someones wake mug.When you go shopping for no reason and 'drift' around, but zombie drifting is when your hungover or half asleep and the only thing you can concentrate on is putting one foot infront of the other. one thing that can break a 'drift' is when someone says hello, where you can wither not reply (if your that zombiefyed) or reply with "halro" or some slurred version of hello and keep walking. The person that said hello usally think you dont like them.
Man I said hello to you yesterday and you said nothing to me, dont you like me or sumthin
Sorry dude i was Zombie drifting after we had that party
Sorry dude i was Zombie drifting after we had that party
by T3H J4S0MEIS7ER December 9, 2008
Get the zombie drifting mug.Used mainly for racing games, ie Mario Kart Wii. To drift an impossibly long/difficult corner and succeed without hitting the wall.
by Videovamp September 28, 2008
Get the Bitch drift mug.