Drifter

What do we mean by drifter?

One that drifts, especially a person who moves aimlessly from place to place or from job to job. noun

One who or that which drifts; specifically, a cask, buoy, float, or other light object, properly labeled and tagged, and allowed to drift freely in the ocean to determine ocean-currents. noun

A person who moves from place to place or job to job. noun

A type of lightweight sail used in light winds like a spinnaker. noun

A driver that uses driving techniques to modify vehicle traction to cause a vehicle to slide or power slide rather than drive in line with the tires. noun

A wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support noun

(sometimes derogatory) 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.

One who takes part in drift fishing.

A boat used for drift fishing.

A parachutist who jumps before the rest of the group to determine the environmental conditions.

A person employed in driving in rock other than coal.

A person, with no real place to call their home. They wander from place to place, sometimes looking for something. Sometimes becuase its the only way to get away from everything that made them become drifters in the first place. We all have our reasons for it. Drifters move from place to place...once their problems catch up to them, or they've had what fun they can get out of the place they are at, they move on again. They are but simple wanderers, for whatever reasons they have to be one. Some consider them bottem feeders, just wasting everything from everyone else. Hobo's are often considered drifters. They may be homeless, but hobo's can't get around, or rely on themselves, thus they go to homeless shelters. A drifter may not have a home, but they are self reliant. They live alone, and have to rely only on themselves. Only when they find a reason to stay somewhere, will they no longer be a drifter. Urban Dictionary

A person who accepts that they are without a permanent lodging and chooses to travel from place to place with the purpose of not becoming attached to anyone or anywhere thus avoiding commitment and responsibility. Age gender and wealth are not an influence to a genuine 'drifter'. Urban Dictionary

1) someone who doesn't conform to normal social standards, or who picks bits and pieces off from different cliques to create their own 2) someone who drifts in and out of social conversation within a group of people 3) someone who drifts back and forth from reality and fantasy. (they are usually quiet and observant) Urban Dictionary

A person who intenionally breaks rear tire traction while cornering, usually following the racing line. This is someone who drifts, see drifting Urban Dictionary

A person who drifts from place to place, homeless wanderer. Is in search of a new place to live for a while, and then drifts off to another. Simialer to a nomad, only a drifer is usally a hobo. Urban Dictionary

A person who is in search for something he or she is in need of. Urban Dictionary

One who breaks the traction limit to the rear tires while turning to achieve a faster entry speed and exit speed. Urban Dictionary

N. 1) radical skateboarding move in which one moves transversely across a sloped surface so as to induce a skid of the rear wheels. 2) a stock movie character who has a hidden, damaging past and a big heart ... which he usually keeps in a gunnysack. 3) a sexual euphemism. Urban Dictionary

One who has the ability ofSliding ones rear wheel drive car through a set of opposed and grouped turns without having rear wheel traction as he/she's car moves laterally through the turns. All the other definitions were crappy Urban Dictionary

Power oversteering a rear wheel drive car, through a set of corners, without gaining traction to the rear wheels. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to drifter:
drifter, grifter, drafter, drifted, rifter, driftier.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word drifter:
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Words that rhyme with drifter:
snifter, weightlifter, shifter, lifter, swifter, shoplifter, stifter, airlifter, gift her, lift her, shift her, sniffed her.

Adjectives that are often used to describe drifter:
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Consonant match to drifter:
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Words that sound like drifter:
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