"drunk driving" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} drunk driving (uncountable)
  1. (law, automotive) The act of driving under the influence of alcohol. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Automotive, Law
    Sense id: en-drunk_driving-en-noun-GUys2VUC Categories (other): English alliterative compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English alliterative compounds: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50 Topics: automotive, law, transport, vehicles
  2. (law, automotive) The act of driving under the influence of alcohol.
    Specifically, the criminal offence of driving with a blood alcohol content (BAC) level higher than the local legal limit.
    Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Automotive, Law
    Sense id: en-drunk_driving-en-noun-ZHU357xG Categories (other): English alliterative compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English alliterative compounds: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 42 58 Topics: automotive, law, transport, vehicles
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: drink driving, drink-driving [UK], drinking and driving, driving under the influence, drunken driving Related terms: drink-driver, drunk driver, DUI, DWI, drink and drive Translations: 酒駕 (Chinese Mandarin), 酒驾 (jiǔjià) (Chinese Mandarin), spirituskørsel [common-gender] (Danish), spritbilisme [common-gender] (Danish), rijden onder invloed (Dutch), sõiduki juhtimine alkoholijoobes (Estonian), rúsdrekkakoyring [feminine] (Faroese), rattijuoppous [colloquial] (Finnish), liikennejuopumus [legal, law] (Finnish), conduite en état d’ivresse (French), ნასვამ მდგომარეობაში მართვა (nasvam mdgomareobaši martva) (Georgian), არაფხიზელ მდგომარეობაში მართვა (arapxizel mdgomareobaši martva) (Georgian), ალკოჰოლის ზემოქმედების ქვეშ მართვა (alḳoholis zemokmedebis kveš martva) (Georgian), Fahren unter Einfluss (German), Trunkenheit im Verkehr (German), Trunkenheit am Steuer (German), ittas vezetés (Hungarian), ölvunarakstur [masculine] (Icelandic), guida in stato di ebbrezza [feminine] (Italian), 飲酒運転 (inshu unten) (alt: いんしゅうんてん) (Japanese), fyllekjøring (Norwegian), promillekjøring [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), pijana jazda [feminine] (Polish), pijane jeżdżenie [neuter] (Polish), embriaguez no trânsito [feminine] (Portuguese), embriaguez no/ao volante [feminine] (Portuguese), conducción en estado de ebriedad [feminine] (Spanish), manejo en estado de ebriedad [masculine] (Spanish), conducción bajo los efectos del alcohol [feminine] (Spanish), manejo bajo los efectos del alcohol [masculine] (Spanish), conducción etílica [feminine] (Spanish), rattfylleri [neuter] (Swedish), rattfylla [common-gender] (Swedish), п'я́не воді́ння (pʺjáne vodínnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)

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      "word": "embriaguez no trânsito"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "embriaguez no/ao volante"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "conducción en estado de ebriedad"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "manejo en estado de ebriedad"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "conducción bajo los efectos del alcohol"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "manejo bajo los efectos del alcohol"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "conducción etílica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rattfylleri"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "rattfylla"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pʺjáne vodínnja",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "п'я́не воді́ння"
    }
  ],
  "word": "drunk driving"
}
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  "called_from": "page/2517",
  "msg": "UNIMPLEMENTED parse_translation_template: trans-top-see {1: 'driving under the influence of alcohol', 2: 'DUI'}",
  "path": [
    "drunk driving",
    "trans-top-see"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "drunk driving",
  "trace": ""
}

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