drunk driver

noun

variants or drunken driver

chiefly US

: a person who drives a vehicle while drunk

He was killed by a drunk driver.

Examples of drunk driver in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The fire was started on Aug. 1 by a drunk driver who travelled down the freeway on a bare rim, sending sparks into the dry wilderness that lit numerous brush fires, said the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office. —Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 3 Aug. 2025

Garrity's mom was 36 when she was struck and killed by an 18-year-old drunk driver who had two sober friends in the car. —Catherine Santino, People.com, 17 May 2025

In 2015, a drunk driver crashed into the car her mom and grandmother were traveling in, killing her grandmother. —Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 25 July 2025

Just last year, eight Mexican migrant workers were killed when a drunk driver side-swiped their bus, which lacked seat belts. —Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2025

Rhymes for drunk driver

• revivor
• screwdriver
• survivor
• diver
• fiver
• hiver
• kiver
• niver
• stiver