drunk driver

noun

variants or drunken driver

chiefly US

: a person who drives a vehicle while drunk

He was killed by a drunk driver.

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Police in the coastal South Carolina town of Mount Pleasant responded to a call about a possible drunk driver back in December. —

Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2023 On May 7, 2017, my youngest son, Curt and I were headed home when we were hit head-on by a drunk driver. —

Haley Laurence | Hlaurence@al.com, al, 1 Mar. 2023 In December 1963, their younger brother Mark was killed by a drunk driver, and creating art helped their father cope with his grief. —

San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2023

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