"mid-drift" meaning in English

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Adverb

Etymology: mid- + drift Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mid|drift}} mid- + drift Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} mid-drift (not comparable)
  1. During the act of drifting. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-mid-drift-en-adv-wPKx-bgM Categories (other): English terms prefixed with mid-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: mid-drifts [plural]
Etymology: By confusion, based on the pronunciation. Head templates: {{en-noun}} mid-drift (plural mid-drifts)
  1. (nonstandard, proscribed) Eggcorn of midriff. Tags: nonstandard, proscribed
    Sense id: en-mid-drift-en-noun-Dsnml1c7 Categories (other): English eggcorns, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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