driving

[ drahy-ving ]

adjective

1. demanding a high or unreasonable rate of work from subordinates.
2. vigorously active; energetic:

   a driving young executive.

3. having force and violence:

   a driving storm.

4. relaying or transmitting power.
5. used while operating a vehicle:

   driving gloves.

driving

/ ˈdraɪvɪŋ /

adjective

1. having or moving with force and violence

   driving rain

2. forceful or energetic
3. relating to the controlling of a motor vehicle in motion

   driving test

Other Words From

• driving·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of driving¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English; drive + -ing ²

Example Sentences

Father José Julián was shot and wounded driving in a car through the sierra of Ajuchitán.

From The Daily Beast

The gentleman was listed as Orthodox and kosher, which is way too religious for my friend whose JSwipe account I was test-driving.

From The Daily Beast

Her slight miscalculation of how to fix the situation leads to her driving around the gas pump.

From The Daily Beast

Tim Russert and I are driving back to the Albany airport after taking our kids to the baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.

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And for those on the Palestinian right who still dream of driving the Jews into the sea, they too can forget it.

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People are busy ballooning or driving; shooting like stars along railroads; or migrating like swallows or wild-geese.

From Project Gutenberg

On the state-coach went, down the steep, driving the mules madly before it.

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I think that there has been neglect and laxity in the matter of not driving out the Japanese.

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Once he suddenly found himself in the road driving a small flock of goats, whose he knew not, nor whence he got them.

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Accordingly, she had the boys to hitch a team to a buggy and took him driving over the great estate.

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Related Words

• propulsive