drive-thru

A form of drive-through — Of an establishment, providing service to occupants of automobiles while they are in their still-running vehicle, especially when the vehicle does not park in a parking space and the goods received are not consumed until the vehicle vacates the lane.

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Meanings

adjectivedrive-thru (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative spelling of drive-through.
    1 more example

    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.

    2024 August 9, Laura Snapes, “It’s a femininomenon! How Chappell Roan slow-burned her way to stardom”, in The Guardian
noundrive-thru (plural drive-thrus)

plural drive-thrus

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of drive-through.
Cite this entry
APA

drive-thru. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drive-thru

MLA

“drive-thru.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drive-thru. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drive-thru,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drive-thru.

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