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driver

/ˈdɹaɪ.və(ɹ)/

noun

Meaning

  • One who drives something, in any sense of the verb to drive.

  • Something that drives something, in any sense of the verb to drive.

  • A person who drives a motorized vehicle such as a car or a bus.

  • A person who drives some other vehicle.

  • A program that acts as an interface between an application and hardware, written specifically for the device it controls.

  • A golf club used to drive the ball a great distance.

  • A kind of sail, smaller than a fore and aft spanker on a square-rigged ship, a driver is tied to the same spars.

  • A mallet.

  • A tamping iron.

  • A cooper's hammer for driving on barrel hoops.

  • A screwdriver.