war-drive

verb

To search for a Wi-Fi wireless network while driving a motor vehicle.

OriginEnglish drive ← Middle English driven →
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Meanings

verbwar-drive (third-person singular simple present war-drives, present participle war-driving, simple past war-drove, past participle war-driven)

present singular third person war-drives · participle present war-driving · past war-drove · participle past war-driven

  1. To search for a Wi-Fi wireless network while driving a motor vehicle.

Origin

  1. Englishwar-
  2. Middle Englishdriven
  3. Englishdrive
  4. Englishwar-drive

From war- + drive.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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