'Drifting' definitions:

Definition of 'drifting'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties" [syn: aimless, drifting, floating, vagabond, vagrant]
noun
Aimless wandering from place to place

Definition of 'Drifting'

From: GCIDE
  • Drift \Drift\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drifted; p. pr. & vb. n. Drifting.]
  • 1. To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of water or air; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted ashore; the balloon drifts slowly east. [1913 Webster]
  • We drifted o'er the harbor bar. -- Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (mining) to make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]