Definitions
Act of operating a vehicle; also forceful energy
Word origin
From Middle English dryvyng, drivende, from Old English drīfende, from Proto-Germanic *drībandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *drībaną (“to drive”), equivalent to drive + -ing. Cognate with Saterland Frisian drieuwend, West Frisian driuwend, Dutch drijvend, German Low German drievend, German treibend, Swedish drivande.
Used in a sentence
“[…] with all its drivings of cattle and all its tithe battles, and all the killings and maimings consequent upon those battles, […]”
“There had been the whisky and Perrier in the morning but, in my ignorance of alcoholics then, I could not imagine one whisky harming anyone who was driving in an open car in the rain.”
“Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Operating a vehicle”7 letters
02“Operating a car”7 letters
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