driver : Idioms & Phrases

• noun someone who drives racing cars at high speeds
  racer; automobile driver.
  

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• noun a meddler who insists on giving unwanted advice
  

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• noun someone who drives a bus
  busman.
  

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• noun the member of a party who is designated to refrain from alcohol and so is sober when it is time to drive home
  

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• noun (computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device
  driver.
  

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• noun tropical nomadic ant that preys mainly on other insects
  army ant; legionary ant.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a species of African stinging ant; one of the visiting ants (Anomma arcens); so called because they move about in vast armies, and drive away or devour all insects and other small animals.

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• noun a license authorizing the bearer to drive a motor vehicle
  driver's licence; driving license; driving licence.
  

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• noun a license authorizing the bearer to drive a motor vehicle
  driver's licence; driving license; driving licence.
  

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• noun the operator of a railway locomotive
  locomotive engineer; railroad engineer; engineer.
  

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• one who manages an engine; specifically, the engineer of a locomotive.

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• one who prepares feathers by beating.

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• in New England, an officer charged with the driving of stray cattle to the pound.

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• a pile driver, the hammer of which is thrown up by the explosion of gunpowder.

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• noun someone who drives a taxi for a living
  taxidriver; hack driver; cabman; cabby; cabdriver; taximan; hack-driver.
  

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• noun someone who drives a taxi for a living
  taxidriver; hack driver; cabman; cabby; cabdriver; taximan; hack-driver.
  

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• . See Hen harrier (below).

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• noun someone who drives a taxi for a living
  taxidriver; hack driver; cabman; cabby; cabdriver; taximan; hack-driver.
  

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• noun a worker who drives mules
  muleteer; mule skinner; skinner.
  

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• noun a motorist who owns the car that he/she drives
  

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• noun a machine that drives piling into the ground
  

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• an apparatus for driving down piles, consisting usually of a high frame, with suitable appliances for raising to a height (by animal or steam power, the explosion of gunpowder, etc.) a heavy mass of iron, which falls upon the pile.

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• one who works with a pen; a writer; a clerk. Jocose

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• noun someone who drives racing cars at high speeds
  racer; automobile driver.
  

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• a lumberman who drives or conducts logs down rivers. Bartlett.

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Screw"-driv`er noun

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1. A tool for turning screws so as to drive them into their place. It has a thin end which enters the nick in the head of the screw.

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• noun a cruel employer who demands excessive work from the employees
  Simon Legree.
  
• noun a supervisor of slaves at work
  

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• one who superintends slaves at their work; hence, figuratively, a cruel taskmaster.

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• noun a kind of bittern
  Botaurus lentiginosus; American bittern.
  

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Stake"-driv`er noun

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1. (Zoöl.) The common American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus); -- so called because one of its notes resembles the sound made in driving a stake into the mud. Called also meadow hen, and Indian hen.

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• noun a soldier who drives a tank
  tanker.
  

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• noun a driver who drives a motor vehicle to evaluate its performance
  

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• noun someone who drives a truck as an occupation
  teamster; trucker.
  

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