Drive-in Noun (US, Australia ) An outdoor cinema where movie s are project ed onto a large screen and patrons watch from inside their vehicles, listening either by a speaker or a designated radio frequency. 1975 , David Manning White, Popular Culture , %22drive-ins%22+-intitle:%22drive%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=HfpFT7ubDeOimQXP-6ycDg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22drive-in%22|%22drive-ins%22%20-intitle%3A%22drive%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 154 ,Owners and sponsors of the drive-ins feel that in three-quarters of their patrons they have tapped a practically prehistoric strain of human—the hitherto non-movie-goer. 2000 , Mary Alampi, Dun & Bradstreet/Gale Group Industry Handbook , %22drive-ins%22+-intitle:%22drive%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22drive-in%22|%22drive-ins%22+-intitle:%22drive%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=dxNGT7yRPI_EmQXMqpGiDg&redir_esc=y page 26 ,This fact may seem surprising since the major movie studios, reluctant to risk cheapening their images by releasing first-run films to drive-ins , made only older movies affordable to drive-in operators. 2000 , Australian Bureau of Statistics , 2000 Year Book Australia , %22drive-ins%22+australia+-intitle:%22drive%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1RVGT9awCsGYiAKV87HaDQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22drive-in%22|%22drive-ins%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22drive%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 346 ,At the end of June 1997, there were 325 cinema sites and 28 drive-in sites in Australia. (US ) A drive-through restaurant where patrons remain in their vehicles and order food and beverages via a speaker phone; their meal is delivered to their vehicle.The teen-agers went down to the drive-in to order some hamburgers and fries. 1965 May 7, Don Moser, The nightmare of life with Billy , Life (magazine) %22drive-ins%22+-intitle:%22drive%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=GANGT7LjB8_1mAWI1qWxDg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22drive-in%22|%22drive-ins%22%20-intitle%3A%22drive%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 101 ,At the retarded children′s school, the youngsters occasionally got hamburgers for lunch from a drive-in chain....he cruised the city looking for drive-ins where he wasn′t known. 1986 , Business Week , Issues 2967-2978, %22drive-ins%22+-intitle:%22drive%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22drive-in%22|%22drive-ins%22+-intitle:%22drive%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=GANGT7LjB8_1mAWI1qWxDg&redir_esc=y page 136 ,Even before franchising genius Ray A. Kroc approached Mac and Dick McDonald to become the licensing agent for their small San Bernadino (Calif.) restaurant, scores of drive-in operators had begun copying McDonald′s speedy burger-fries-and-shake menus. Love contends that Kroc′s success came largely from his commitment to automating the preparation of drive-in meals. 2006 , Reid Duffy, Reid Duffy's Guide to Indiana's Favorite Restaurants: With a Recipe Sampler , %22drive-ins%22+-intitle:%22drive%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Dg5GT-TMNsfKmQWem9muDg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22drive-in%22|%22drive-ins%22%20-intitle%3A%22drive%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 135 ,For during the fabled Indiana blizzard of ′78, Tom found himself trapped inside the kitchen of the drive-in for three days before his family, and—more to the point—his customers, could reach him. © Wiktionary
