drink-driving noun2 •(UK, Commonwealth) Operation of a motor vehicle after recently consuming an alcoholic beverage.A man has been arrested in Huoshan county near Luan for drink-driving after he rang up the police by mistake and then challenged an officer to a fight,[…] — 2014 •(UK, Commonwealth) A criminal offence committed by a person who operates a vehicle when the measured amount of alcohol in his or her blood exceeds the legal limit.A reformed alcoholic with an “appalling” history of drink-driving between three and five times the legal limit was jailed yesterday. — 2008
