Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

designated driver

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.13 in modern English

Syllables: des-ig-nat-ed -driv-er
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who avoids drinking alcohol at a social engagement for the purpose of driving their companions home.

Example Sentences

"Back in the 1980s, the Harvard School of Public Health mounted a campaign to normalize the idea of a “designated driver” to reduce drunk driving. Jay Winsten of Harvard spent weeks in Hollywood, meeting with 250 executive producers and head writers, asking them to work the concept of a designated driver into their TV scripts. Many agreed."
"I’m his Lyft driver, or, as I have come to think of it, his designated driver on demand."

Inflected Forms

designated drivers (plural)

Derived Forms

deso

Synonyms

DD

Questions

What does designated driver mean?: A person who avoids drinking alcohol at a social engagement for the purpose of driving their companions home.

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