drive-byn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈdrʌɪvbʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈdraɪvˌbaɪ/

Forms: also as two words, or without hyphen.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: drive v., by adv.

Etymology: < drive v. + by adv.

Originally U.S.

A. n.

1. An act of driving past a place, esp. in order to carry out a cursory examination or appraisal of a property which is for sale. Also figurative.In quot. 1951 in reference to driving to visit a property for sale without making an appointment.

ΚΠ

1951 Mansfield (Ohio) News-Jrnl. 15 Apr. 7 d (advt.) Shown by appointment only. No drive bys, sorry.

1976 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 4 June d5 (advt.) You get qualified buyers, not just lookers, and we get them inside your home, no ‘drive-bys’.

1994 Toronto Sun (Nexis) 26 Aug. 17 Yesterday's convoy of around 80 cabs ran into a police roadblock as it tried to drive past Diamond offices... When things threatened to turn ugly, police allowed a driveby on condition no one stopped.

2003 Columbia Journalism Rev. Sept. 63/1 How did the broadcast media respond? Unfortunately..they did a typical drive-by... Viewers got one- or two-sentence morsels of audiotape.

2005 Columbus (Ohio) Disp. (Nexis) 20 Oct. 1 c Clearly a drive-by on that property would indicate that it was not worth $310,000.

2. A shooting carried out from a passing vehicle. [Short for drive-by shooting (compare quot. 1977 at sense B. 1).]

ΚΠ

1977 Los Angeles Times 24 July (Centinela South Bay section) b1/3 We..don't have nearly as many ‘drive-bys’ and random shootings as they do in East Los Angeles.

1991 Police May 34/2 Most drive-bys utilize the power of AK-47s.

2000 P. Cornwell Last Precinct (2001) 137 It looked like a drive-by since he was in the street and his head was bloody.

B. adj.

1. Designating an action carried out from a passing vehicle, esp. a shooting or a cursory examination of a property which is for sale; of or relating to an action of this type.

ΚΠ

1968 Amending TVA Act 1933—Trial by Jury: Hearings before Subcomm. Flood Control Comm. Public Wks. (House of Representatives, 90th Congr. 2nd Sess.) 94 It was a drive by appraisal from the road. They did not come on the property.

1977 Los Angeles Times 24 July (Centinela South Bay section) b4/2 In a driveby shooting involving several gangs in Hawthorne, four girls and a boy were wounded.

1997 Y. M. Murray Locas 160 The driveby bullets only plugged up his legs and his left hand.

1999 Empire Nov. 122/1 It harks back to the time before John Hughes—a time of drive-by moonings, panty raids, toga parties and unashamed joie de shag.

2001 Mail & Guardian (Johannesburg) 18 May 2/2 Drive-by shootings and bombings moved from the Cape Flats into white Cape Town.

2. figurative. depreciative. Brief and superficial; hurried; makeshift.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adjective] > acting with haste > hasty or hurried

hastivea1325

raplyc1390

runninga1400

rapec1410

precipitate1545

hasty1560

abrupt1576

festinate1598

breathless1606

hasteful1610

precipitatedc1625

arreptitious1653

hurried1667

prerupt1727

hurry-scurry1732

rush1879

rushed1888

scampered1894

rush-round1903

rushy1976

drive-by1992

1992 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 24 May 5/3 Broder and..Woodward correctly chide the political press for practicing ‘quick, drive-by journalism’ rather than trying ‘to elevate the level of discussion, focusing on substantive questions’.

1995 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 22 Nov. Among the concerns about ‘drive-by deliveries’ are the physiologic changes both new mothers and newborns experience on the second and third days after birth.

2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 22 Dec. a28/5 A drive-by confidential briefing of some leaders of Congress does not amount to Congressional approval.

3. Computing. Designating a type of attack in which malware in installed on a user's computer without the user's knowledge, either via an insecure network or internet connection or by luring the user to click on a link, open an attachment, etc.; (of a download, piece of malware, etc.) downloaded or installed in this way.

ΚΠ

1998 M. Petrovsky Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0 Sourcebk. vi. 223 You can hide a service to help prevent ‘drive-by hacking’.

2007 Building Design (Nexis) 14 Dec. 17 A recent development has been the growth of ‘drive-by’ malware, where reputable websites or ad servers displaying banners get hacked, with the result that files are unwittingly downloaded.

2013 Guardian 19 Oct. (Money section) 1/5 The malicious software—CryptoLocker is technically not a virus, but a piece of software—can sneak into your machine via an email attachment or a ‘drive-by download’, which you would not even be aware is taking place.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	drive-by
释义	drive-byn.adj. Brit. /ˈdrʌɪvbʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈdraɪvˌbaɪ/ Forms: also as two words, or without hyphen. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: drive v., by adv. Etymology: < drive v. + by adv. Originally U.S. A. n. 1. An act of driving past a place, esp. in order to carry out a cursory examination or appraisal of a property which is for sale. Also figurative.In quot. 1951 in reference to driving to visit a property for sale without making an appointment. ΚΠ 1951 Mansfield (Ohio) News-Jrnl. 15 Apr. 7 d (advt.) Shown by appointment only. No drive bys, sorry. 1976 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 4 June d5 (advt.) You get qualified buyers, not just lookers, and we get them inside your home, no ‘drive-bys’. 1994 Toronto Sun (Nexis) 26 Aug. 17 Yesterday's convoy of around 80 cabs ran into a police roadblock as it tried to drive past Diamond offices... When things threatened to turn ugly, police allowed a driveby on condition no one stopped. 2003 Columbia Journalism Rev. Sept. 63/1 How did the broadcast media respond? Unfortunately..they did a typical drive-by... Viewers got one- or two-sentence morsels of audiotape. 2005 Columbus (Ohio) Disp. (Nexis) 20 Oct. 1 c Clearly a drive-by on that property would indicate that it was not worth $310,000. 2. A shooting carried out from a passing vehicle. [Short for drive-by shooting (compare quot. 1977 at sense B. 1).] ΚΠ 1977 Los Angeles Times 24 July (Centinela South Bay section) b1/3 We..don't have nearly as many ‘drive-bys’ and random shootings as they do in East Los Angeles. 1991 Police May 34/2 Most drive-bys utilize the power of AK-47s. 2000 P. Cornwell Last Precinct (2001) 137 It looked like a drive-by since he was in the street and his head was bloody. B. adj. 1. Designating an action carried out from a passing vehicle, esp. a shooting or a cursory examination of a property which is for sale; of or relating to an action of this type. ΚΠ 1968 Amending TVA Act 1933—Trial by Jury: Hearings before Subcomm. Flood Control Comm. Public Wks. (House of Representatives, 90th Congr. 2nd Sess.) 94 It was a drive by appraisal from the road. They did not come on the property. 1977 Los Angeles Times 24 July (Centinela South Bay section) b4/2 In a driveby shooting involving several gangs in Hawthorne, four girls and a boy were wounded. 1997 Y. M. Murray Locas 160 The driveby bullets only plugged up his legs and his left hand. 1999 Empire Nov. 122/1 It harks back to the time before John Hughes—a time of drive-by moonings, panty raids, toga parties and unashamed joie de shag. 2001 Mail & Guardian (Johannesburg) 18 May 2/2 Drive-by shootings and bombings moved from the Cape Flats into white Cape Town. 2. figurative. depreciative. Brief and superficial; hurried; makeshift. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adjective] > acting with haste > hasty or hurried hastivea1325 raplyc1390 runninga1400 rapec1410 precipitate1545 hasty1560 abrupt1576 festinate1598 breathless1606 hasteful1610 precipitatedc1625 arreptitious1653 hurried1667 prerupt1727 hurry-scurry1732 rush1879 rushed1888 scampered1894 rush-round1903 rushy1976 drive-by1992 1992 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 24 May 5/3 Broder and..Woodward correctly chide the political press for practicing ‘quick, drive-by journalism’ rather than trying ‘to elevate the level of discussion, focusing on substantive questions’. 1995 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 22 Nov. Among the concerns about ‘drive-by deliveries’ are the physiologic changes both new mothers and newborns experience on the second and third days after birth. 2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 22 Dec. a28/5 A drive-by confidential briefing of some leaders of Congress does not amount to Congressional approval. 3. Computing. Designating a type of attack in which malware in installed on a user's computer without the user's knowledge, either via an insecure network or internet connection or by luring the user to click on a link, open an attachment, etc.; (of a download, piece of malware, etc.) downloaded or installed in this way. ΚΠ 1998 M. Petrovsky Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0 Sourcebk. vi. 223 You can hide a service to help prevent ‘drive-by hacking’. 2007 Building Design (Nexis) 14 Dec. 17 A recent development has been the growth of ‘drive-by’ malware, where reputable websites or ad servers displaying banners get hacked, with the result that files are unwittingly downloaded. 2013 Guardian 19 Oct. (Money section) 1/5 The malicious software—CryptoLocker is technically not a virus, but a piece of software—can sneak into your machine via an email attachment or a ‘drive-by download’, which you would not even be aware is taking place. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1951
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