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Meaning of "drink-driver" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DRINK-DRIVER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DRINK-DRIVER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Drink-Driver is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DRINK-DRIVER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of drink-driver in the English dictionary

The definition of drink-driver in the dictionary is a person who drives while under the influence of alcohol.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DRINK-DRIVER

drink
drink like a fish
drink problem
drink someone under the table
drink the health of
drink with the flies
drink-dialling
drink-drive
drink-drive limit
drink-driving
drinkability
drinkable
drinkableness
drinkably
drinker
drinker moth
drinking
drinking chocolate
drinking fountain
drinking problem

WORDS THAT END LIKE DRINK-DRIVER

ambulance driver
arriver
coach driver
deliver
driver
head of the river
hit-and-run driver
learner driver
owner-driver
pile-driver
rally driver
river
screwdriver
shriver
slave driver
slave-driver
taxi driver
the river
tractor driver
truck driver
woman driver

Synonyms and antonyms of drink-driver in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «drink-driver» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DRINK-DRIVER

Find out the translation of drink-driver to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of drink-driver from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «drink-driver» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

酒后驾驶
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

copa - conductor
570 millions of speakers

English

drink-driver
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पीने के ड्राइवर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شرب سائق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Напиток - водитель
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

condutor alcoolizado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পেয় চালক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

boisson - conducteur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pemandu minuman
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Getränk - Fahrer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ドリンクドライバ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

음주 운전
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Driver ngombe
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

uống rượu - lái xe
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பானம்-இயக்கி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पेय-चालक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

içki sürücüsü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bere - guida
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

drink -driver
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Напій - водій
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bea - șofer
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ποτό - οδηγού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

drink - bestuurder
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

drink -driver
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

drink - driver
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of drink-driver

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DRINK-DRIVER»

The term «drink-driver» is regularly used and occupies the 89.646 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DRINK-DRIVER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about drink-driver

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRINK-DRIVER»

Discover the use of drink-driver in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to drink-driver and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Criminalizing the Drink Driver
This volume offers a comprehensive account of drink-driving, breaking fresh ground in its detailed historical exposition and contemporary policy review and also in its radical conclusions concerning society's ambivalent attitude to the ...
Roy Light, 1994
2
Alcohol: Science, Policy and Public Health
They observed a significant association of per capita consumption of alcohol with drink-driver fatalities, but not with non-drink-driver fatalities. Asbridge et al. (15) found that an increase of one litre in per capita consumption of alcohol was ...
Peter Boyle, 2013
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Driving for Life: Drink driver education manual
Driving for life: drink driver education manual.
4
The Professional LGV Driver's Handbook: A Complete Guide to ...
Alternative blood/urine tests If the suspected drink-driver cannot produce a breath sample for health reasons, or if a breath test shows a reading of not more than 50 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath, he may be offered an ...
David Lowe, 2008
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Foreign Language and Culture Learning from a Dialogic ...
... have to be breathalysed to see if they are under or over the limit. If they do exceed the limit they will have to be accompanied down to the police station'. Again there are two characters in the cast: 'Sally - policewoman; Peter - drink driver'.
Carol Morgan, Albane Cain, 2000
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Reported road casualties Great Britain 2009
Table 3e: Estimated number of reported road accidents involving a car drink driver, by driver age, accidents per licence holder and per mile driven: GB 1998 and 2008 Number Car driver drink drive Drink drive accidents per 100 Drink drive  ...
Great Britain: Department for Transport, ScotlandScottish Executive, Great BritainWelsh Assembly Government, 2010
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Ending the Scandal of Complacency: Road Safety Beyond 2010
Introduction of roadside evidential testing, which should make enforcement more efficient and could also pave the way for penalties designed to provide immediate and effective feedback to the drink-driver. (Provision for roadside evidential ...
House of Commons, 2008
8
Live and Work in China and Hong Kong
For a public or business drink-driver there is a suspension of his driving licence for three months plus a fine of ¥500. Anyone found guilty of drink-driving twice in a year, will have their driving licence cancelled and they will be prohibited from ...
Jocelyn Kan, Hakwan Lau, Diana Martin, 2008
9
On DWI Laws in Other Countries
South Australia If convicted of 2 or more drink driving offenses within 3 years in the metropolitan area, then the court orders that the driver must be referred for Drink Driver Assessment. Not known Tasmania An offender considered to be ...
Kathryn Stewart, 2000
10
Government's response to the reports by Sir Peter North CBE ...
2.9 It is important to note that not all 'drink-drive casualties' are themselves 'drink- drivers': the statistics include other casualties in accidents in which a 'drink-driver' was involved - who may or may not have been a casualty themselves.
Great Britain: Department for Transport, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DRINK-DRIVER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term drink-driver is used in the context of the following news items.
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Hindhead Tunnel drink-driver barrier crash on CCTV
Video footage of the moment a drink-driver crashed through a barrier closing the Hindhead Tunnel in Surrey has been released by police. «BBC News, Jul 15»
2
Drink-driver is stopped twice in just four days
A MAN has been handed two driving bans after he was caught drink-driving twice in four days. Kyle Lewis, 28, of Oak Road, Fareham, ... «Portsmouth News, Jul 15»
3
Drink-driver nearly three times limit when he crashed into cars in …
A drink-driver crashed his BMW into two cars in an Ipswich street while nearly three-times the legal alcohol limit, a court heard. Comments ... «Ipswich Star, Jul 15»
4
Drink-driver's son in car without seatbelt
A MAN will head to jail for one year and one month after he stole a forklift, breached bail and triggered a previous suspended sentence. He also ... «Community Newspaper Group, Jul 15»
5
Drink-driver crashed into two parked cars while changing music
A drink-driver has been banned after she crashed into two parked cars while changing music on her mobile phone. Sarah Morgan, of Lechlade ... «Nottingham Post, Jul 15»
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Drink-driver banned from the roads for three years
Ilkeston: A drink-driver has been banned from the roads for 36 months after he drank more than three times the legal limit. When tested by ... «Nottingham Post, Jul 15»
7
Family fury as memorial tree honouring two cyclists killed by drink
The fiancées of two fathers killed by a drink-driver in Purley spoke of their "anger and upset" upon discovering the tree planted in their memory ... «getreading, Jul 15»
8
Widow disgusted at sentence of drink-driver who killed her husband
A furious widow has slammed British justice after being told that the speeding drink-driver who killed her cycling husband will only spend six ... «Batley News, Jul 15»
9
Derbyshire drink-driver given ban from the roads
A 42-YEAR-OLD woman has been banned from the roads for 20 months after being caught drink-driving. Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' ... «Derby Telegraph, Jul 15»
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Good deed costs Angus drink-driver
Good deed costs Angus drink-driver. By Graham Brown, 4 July 2015 8.11am. A young driver's “silly” decision to pick up a pal ended in an early-hours run-in with ... «The Courier, Jul 15»

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