| articulated lorry |
a British word for a very large truck that consists of a cab where the driver sits and a trailer that carries goods over long distances. "Articulated lorry" often has the same meaning as "tractor-trailer." |
| automobile |
a four-wheeled vehicle with a built-in, self-propelled motor requiring a driver and used on roads to carry people; passenger car. |
| back-seat driver |
a passenger who gives unsolicited advice about driving to the driver. |
| berlin |
a large four-wheeled closed carriage with separate perches for the footman and driver, and two facing seats inside. [1/2 definitions] |
| blind spot |
an area nearby but which, or in which, one cannot see or hear what is happening, such as an area behind an automobile in motion that the driver cannot see through a rear-view mirror, or an acoustically dead spot in an auditorium. [1/4 definitions] |
| busman |
a person who operates a bus; bus driver. |
| cab1 |
the enclosed part of a truck or big machine where the driver or operator sits. [1/3 definitions] |
| cabby |
(informal) a taxicab driver. |
| cabdriver |
the driver of a taxicab or horse-drawn carriage for public hire. |
| calash |
a carriage with two low wheels, a seat for two people under a top that folds down, and a front seat for a driver. [1/2 definitions] |
| carpool |
an agreement among a group of automobile drivers who work together, or whose children go to the same school. Each driver takes turns driving the others. |
| coach |
a closed carriage that is pulled by horses. A coach has four wheels, and an outside seat for the driver. [1/6 definitions] |
| coachman |
a male driver of a coach or other carriage. [1/2 definitions] |
| codriver |
combined form of driver. |
| cruise control |
a control mechanism in automobiles which keeps the vehicle traveling at a steady speed that is set by the driver. |
| cut off |
to pass (another driver) in an aggressive manner that usually causes the other driver to brake suddenly. [1/8 definitions] |
| directional signal |
any of the lights on a motor vehicle that flash to indicate that the vehicle is about to turn and to show the direction in which it will turn. Directional signals are located on both the front and rear of the vehicle and are activated by the driver; turn signal. |
| drayman |
a dray driver. |
| driverless |
combined form of driver. |
| four-in-hand |
a horse-drawn vehicle with one driver and four horses. [1/3 definitions] |
| hack2 |
(informal) a taxi or a taxi driver. [2/10 definitions] |