drifting
n.— «Sheriff’s Deputy Paul McRedmond says Kevin Enderlin was speeding in a car that crossed the centerline on a southeast Portland road and collided with a van. McRedmond says investigators believe Enderlin might have been drifting, which is when motorists oversteer and go into a controlled slide through turns. It was popularized in the 2006 film “The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.”» —“Head-on crash kills Portland man” in Portland, Oregon OregonLive.com Mar. 25, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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