Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

drive-through penalty

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.35 in modern English

Syllables: drive-through penal-ty
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

3

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of in-race penalty sanction against a driver or a team for in-race infractions, which results in the driver having to leave the track and drive through the pit lane at the reduced pit-lane speed before rejoining the track.

Inflected Forms

drive-through penalties (plural) drive through penalty (alternative)

Phrases

drive-through

Frequently Paired Words

drive-through stop-and-go penalty stop-and-wait penalty

Questions

What does drive-through penalty mean?: A type of in-race penalty sanction against a driver or a team for in-race infractions, which results in the driver having to leave the track and drive through the pit lane at the reduced pit-lane speed before rejoining the track.

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