Definitions for drivers

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drivers driv·er

Spelling: [drahy-ver]

IPA: /ˈdraɪ vər/

Drivers is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 125 anagrams from letters in drivers (deirrsv).

Definitions for drivers

noun

1. a person or thing that drives.
2. a person who drives a vehicle; coachman, chauffeur, etc.
3. a person who drives an animal or animals, as a drover or cowboy.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Computers. software or hardware that controls the interface between a computer and a peripheral device.
7. Railroads. driving wheel (def 2).
8. British. a locomotive engineer.
9. Audio. the part of a loudspeaker that transforms the electrical signal into sound. the entire loudspeaker.
10. 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).

Origin of drivers

First recorded in 1350-1400, driver is from the Middle English word drivere. See drive, -er¹

Examples for drivers

So I send a note out to his house with Tony, his driver, who promises he'll put it directly into Hitch's hand.

Thankfully there were no casualties—the driver managed to stop the train immediately.

We drove back down the hill, and the driver let me out near the Prado.

The driver faced the bill toward the nearest street-light and scanned it.

We could not miss the way, our driver said, and woe betide us if we did!

Presently the driver stopped, for it was time for the horses to rest, and also dinner-time.

He was a little ahead of them; but it was not probable that the driver would stop for him.

So I asked the driver to honk the horn, which he does, and Rod looks over.

Between one and two in the morning our driver descended from his attic.

He also was working to recruit Castro as a driver for a drug load.