in reference to of restaurants, banks, etc., built to be patronized without leaving one's car, 1929, from the verbal phrase; see drive (v.) + in (adv.). Of movie theaters by 1933 (the year the first one opened, in Camden, New Jersey).
drip
drippy
drivable
drive
drive-by
drive-in
drivel
driven
driver
drive-through
driveway