driving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: drīʹvĭng
ipa: /ˈdɹaɪvɪŋ/
rhymes: -aɪvɪŋ
Forms: form: drivings
Etymology: From Middle English driving, drivinge, equivalent to drive + -ing. Compare Dutch drijving, German Treibung.
Senses: examples: text: […] with all its drivings of cattle and all its tithe battles, and all the killings and maimings consequent upon those battles, […]
ref: 1825, Cobbett's Political Register, volume 54, page 789:
glosses: The action of the verb to drive in any sense.
examples: text: There had been the whisky and Perrier in the morning but, in my ignorance of alcoholics then, I could not imagine one whisky harming anyone who was driving in an open car in the rain.
ref: 1964, Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 156:
text: Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins.
ref: 2013 June 22, “Snakes and ladders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 76:
glosses: In particular, the action of operating a motor vehicle.
examples: text: Heigh-ho! Sing heigh-ho! my Golf is most shocking; My driving is topping, my caddie's still mocking.
ref: 1899, L.P., “Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind”, in Golf Illustrated, volume 2, page 233:
text: Ever since I started talking to myself with this new attitude toward my driving and my performance on the first tee and the first few holes, I have experienced consistently better performance with my driver.
ref: 2003, Daniel Stewart Acuff, Golf Talk, page 57:
text: There is no such being as a golfer uninterested in his driving.
ref: 2012, Jeff Silverman, Classic Golf Stories: 26 Incredible Tales from the Links:
topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The act of driving the ball; hitting the ball a long distance, especially from the tee to the putting green.
Derived terms: word: cabdriving
word: driving drunk
word: driving impaired
word: driving maul
word: ecodriving
word: screwdriving
word: sleepdriving
word: truckdriving
sense: Terms derived from the adjective or noun (and possibly verb)
word: automated driving system
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word: back-seat driving
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word: drink-driving
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word: driving axle
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word: driving band
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word: driving-box
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word: driving car
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word: driving examiner
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word: driving force
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word: driving-gear
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word: driving glove
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word: driving iron
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word: driving-iron
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word: driving licence
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word: driving license
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word: driving mirror
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word: driving moccasin
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word: driving motor
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word: driving notes
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word: driving permit
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word: driving power
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word: driving-putter
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word: driving rain
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word: driving range
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word: driving school
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word: driving seat
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word: driving shaft
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word: driving spirit
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word: driving-stick
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word: driving test
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word: driving time
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word: driving trailer
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word: driving under the influence
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word: driving van trailer
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word: driving-wheel
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word: driving wheel
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word: driving while black
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word: driving wind
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word: drug driving
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word: drugged driving
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word: drunk-driving
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word: drunk driving
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word: drunken driving
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word: impaired driving
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word: in the driving seat
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word: non-driving
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word: nondriving
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word: psychic driving
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word: wardriving