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mid-drift

mid-drift adverb: during the act of drifting.

Adverb

mid-drift (not comparable)

  1. During the act of drifting.
    • Sure, using the brakes will slow the car, but just as with throttle input, there is a finite amount of brake input available to you mid-drift.2006, Paul Morton, How to Drift: The Art of Oversteer, CarTech, page 54

Noun

mid-drift (plural mid-drifts)

  1. (nonstandard, proscribed) Eggcorn of midriff.
    • Be careful with the casual clothes that you wear in China - no bare mid-drifts, or revealing fashion.2003, Lawrence Frank Deangelo, “China Survival Information”, in Business International, page 17
    • Other women — human and alien alike — wear sheer, light, revealing outfits, exposing skin (pink, brown, or green), mid-drifts, ample cleavage, and rear ends.2009, Michael Hemmingson, Star Trek: A Post-structural Critique of the Original Series, Wildside Press, page 53

Forms of mid-drift

pluralmid-drifts

Origin of mid-drift

From mid- + drift.

By confusion, based on the pronunciation.

Questions about mid-drift

What does mid-drift mean?
Mid-drift means during the act of drifting.
What part of speech is mid-drift?
Mid-drift can be an adverb or a noun.

Words near mid-drift in the dictionary

  1. mid-December
  2. mid-domain effect
  3. mid-domain effects
  4. mid-dot
  5. mid-dots
  6. mid-drift
  7. mid-drifts
  8. mid-evil
  9. mid-fall
  10. mid-falls
  11. mid-February

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