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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 51Թ Forms
- ·· adjective
- ԴDz·· noun
51Թ History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
see backseat driver ; in the driver's seat .Example Sentences
Other deaths have included a man and his teenaged daughter in Tennessee and a 68-year-old man in Missouri who reportedly stopped to help a stranded driver.
The second fire on Saturday prevented some drivers from finishing their soft tyre qualifying simulation runs.
A car park operator that demanded £11,390 in parking charges from a driver has lost a court case and been ordered to pay thousands in costs.
Key drivers of Los Angeles’ economy — trade and logistics — will be hard hit by the tariffs announced by the Trump administration, economists say.
The light turned red, and drivers started laying on their horns attempting to warn other drivers of the man stuck in the middle of the road.
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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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