drift tot

A toddler cranking out swerves and skids on a three-wheeler.

The little girl—a drift tot on a Big Wheel—laid down half-donuts on the bigger-kid-commanded concrete of the skatepark.

by TR Arterburn December 4, 2025

Do you catch my drift

The earliest quotation in the Oxford English Dictionary for this sense of "drift" is dated 1526: "Harde it is . . . to perceyue the processe and dryfte of this treatyse."
Found on "Phrases dot org"

The speaker may be having trouble communicating with their audience and not knowing how to better explain.

This is similar to "do you feel me?" or "do you get it?".

Otherwise there is a certain mentality and a certain consciousness along with what the speaker & the audience are generally known to understand.

Bugsy says to his cohorts in crime "I took care of it. Do you catch my drift?".

by Hare Krsna Gardening December 26, 2022

perception drift

someone’s inability to remember how their natural face looks after they have had a number of cosmetic procedures such as Botox

Perception drift is when a person’s perception of change following an aesthetic treatment is skewed or inaccurate. In most cases, other people notice these changes, but not the ones who underwent the procedure.

by Marc2.0 December 4, 2023

Drift

The path of a fart rising and falling straight into your line of smelling direction.

The drift on that fart was gnarly.

by Lady420~ July 17, 2016

drift

vibe or flow of things

Stop ruining my drift
That's just the drift of it

by 4amcoochie March 19, 2020

drift

When the back tires of your car skid while still moving forward. Ways to do this are pulling the handbrake and sometimes shifting to a lower gear. Usually do this in rear wheel drive car with the back tire psi very high, and sometimes lower suspension. This leaves skid marks and you can get fined for doing this on roads and public places like parking lots. This can also be refered to as understeer

We went drifting in the parking lot by our house yesterday

by Porsche Pica tell 67 April 10, 2017

Drift Consci

Fools Fall asleep but cool people 'Drift Consci'. Drift from Conscientious to the enchanting, magical world of slumber. Often in the context of drinking alcohol or taking illicit substances.

Patrick wanted to party all night at the Ultra Music Festival but all that drinking made him Drift Consci around midnight.

by dizzyCarnival March 24, 2022