drive-thru
English
Adjective
- Alternative spelling of drive-through.
- 2024 August 9, Laura Snapes, “It’s a femininomenon! How Chappell Roan slow-burned her way to stardom”, in The Guardian[1]:
- The experience prompted her [Chappell Roan] to cultivate an outre persona that allowed the queer musician born Kayleigh Amstutz to express everything she had once repressed, growing up in a Christian community. […] She then hustled her way – via stints back home working in a drive-thru doughnut shop – to a deal with Island.
Noun
drive-thru (plural drive-thrus)
- Alternative spelling of drive-through.
Derived terms
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English drive-thru.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈdɾaj.vi ˈtɾu/ [ˈdɾaɪ̯.vi ˈtɾu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈdɾaj.ve ˈtɾu/ [ˈdɾaɪ̯.ve ˈtɾu]
Noun
drive-thru m (plural drive-thrus)