drunk driver

noun

variants or drunken driver
chiefly US
: a person who drives a vehicle while drunk
He was killed by a drunk driver.

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On that night, his brother was run over by a drunk driver who fled the scene. Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025 Two years before topping off patrons' pints on True Blood, Sam Trammell played one of Dexter Morgan's victims, a drunk driver who almost got away with murder. Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025 Allen's father died in 1964 after a drunk driver's vehicle collided with his vehicle. Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2025 Bobby Dewbre had just finished celebrating with friends and was crossing the street to catch a sober ride home when he was struck and killed by a drunk driver. Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for drunk driver

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“Drunk driver.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drunk%20driver. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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