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driver
[ drahy-ver ]
noun
- a person or thing that drives.
- a person who drives a vehicle; coachman, chauffeur, etc.
- a person who drives an animal or animals, as a drover or cowboy.
- Also called number one wood. Golf. a club with a wooden head whose face has almost no slope, for hitting long, low drives from the tee.
- Machinery.
- a part that transmits force or motion.
- the member of a pair of connected pulleys, gears, etc., that is nearer to the power source.
- Computers. software or hardware that controls the interface between a computer and a peripheral device.
- Railroads. driving wheel ( def 2 ).
- British. a locomotive engineer.
- Audio.
- the part of a loudspeaker that transforms the electrical signal into sound.
- the entire loudspeaker.
- Nautical.
- a jib-headed spanker sail.
- a designation given to one of the masts abaft the mizzen on a sailing vessel having more than three masts, either the fifth or sixth from forward. Compare pusher ( def 4 ), spanker ( def 1b ).
driver
/ ˈɪə /
noun
- a person who drives a vehicle
- in the driver's seatin a position of control
- a person who drives animals
- a mechanical component that exerts a force on another to produce motion
- golf a club, a No. 1 wood, with a large head and deep face for tee shots
- electronics a circuit whose output provides the input of another circuit
- computing a computer program that controls a device
- something that creates and fuels activity, or gives force or impetus
Derived Forms
- ˈ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ·· adjective
- ԴDz·· noun
Word History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
see backseat driver ; in the driver's seat .Example Sentences
The driver, an unidentified woman, was taken into custody after 12:30 p.m. while TV news helicopters broadcast the standoff live overhead.
The normally bustling border crossing of Kasumulu remained noticeably quieter than usual with drivers seen relaxing in the shade of trees, while others played draughts or lounged in the back of their lorries.
In California, the only ID undocumented immigrants can obtain is a driver’s license, and the mother had never driven.
Tenants hunting for office space in the Los Angeles area are in the driver’s seat as vacancies plague many landlords trying to fill their buildings with people.
Currently, cycling offenders can be imprisoned for no more than two years under an 1861 law originally intended for drivers of horse-drawn carriages.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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