drive-thru

English

Adjective

drive-thru (not comparable)

1. 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)

1. Alternative spelling of drive-through.

Derived terms

• ski-thru

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English drive-thru.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɾaj.vi ˈtɾu/ [ˈdɾaɪ̯.vi ˈtɾu]

• (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)

1. drive-through