drive-up

adjective

ˈdrīv-ˌəp 

: designed to allow patrons or customers to be served while remaining in their automobiles

a drive-up window

Examples of drive-up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Their intimate wedding included drive-up, rapid COVID-19 testing and just 24 people from their inner circle. — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026

Automobiles line up to receive food during the weekly drive-up food pantry at First Presbyterian Church in Marietta on Tuesday. — Thomas Lake, AJC.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Target also outsourced its pharmacy business to CVS, expanded its partnership with Starbucks to include drive-up and added shop-in-shops with brands such as Warby Parker, Ulta Beauty and Disney. — Star Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026

Up until about five or six years ago, the restaurant had drive-up and curbside service since its 1959 opening, but Grace said the canopies were torn down. — Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 23 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for drive-up

• buttercup
• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup

Kids Definition

drive-up

adjective

ˈdrīv-ˌəp

: designed to allow customers to be served while remaining in their automobiles

a bank's drive-up window