Meaning

2 senses

  1. An American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus).

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stake, driver.

Origin

From stake + driver; so called because one of its notes resembles the sound made in drivin

From stake + driver; so called because one of its notes resembles the sound made in driving a stake into the mud.

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Forms

plural: stake-drivers
Singularstake-driver
Pluralstake-drivers

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
stairwaystairwellstakeB2stakeholderstakeoutstalactite
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