drink-driver

See also: drink driver

English

Alternative forms

• drink driver

Pronunciation

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Noun

drink-driver (plural drink-drivers)

1. (chiefly British and Australia) A person who engages in drink-driving.
2. (chiefly British and Australia, law) A person who operates a motor vehicle when legally intoxicated.
   • 2008, “Drink driving”, in Kent County Council, UK, retrieved 26 June 2008:

     A drink driver is anyone who is over the legal alcohol limit for driving.

Synonyms

• (US) drunk driver

Related terms

• drink and drive
• drink-driving
• drunk driving
• DUI
• DWI

Translations

person who operates motor vehicle when drunk

• Danish: spritbilist (da) c
• Finnish: rattijuoppo (fi)
• French: conducteur ivre m, conductrice ivre f
• Galician: condutor bebido m, condutora bebida f, condutor borracho m, condutora borracha f, condutor ebrio m, condutora ebria f
• German: betrunkener Autofahrer m, betrunkene Autofahrerin f
• Hungarian: ittas vezető (hu)
• Spanish: conductor bebido m, conductora bebida f, conductor borracho m, conductora borracha f, conductor ebrio m, conductora ebria f
• Swedish: rattfyllerist c