sport utility vehicle

noun

variants or sport-utility vehicle or less commonly sport utility or sport-utility
plural sport utility vehicles or sport-utility vehicles also sport utilities or sport-utilities
: a rugged automotive vehicle similar to a station wagon but built on a light-truck chassis : suv

called also sport-ute

Examples of sport utility vehicle in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The first was fueled by the Model 3 sedan and Model Y sport utility vehicle, and the next is expected from the launch of a cheaper next-generation vehicle slated to start production late next year. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024 Two sport utility vehicles were barreling toward them. Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2024 Those passing took an interest, with drivers of luxury sport utility vehicles slowing down to take photos of the scrum. William K. Rashbaum, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024 Officers obtained a good description of the suspect’s sport utility vehicle, a 2001 Infiniti QX4, and found it on Pioneer Parkway around 9:20 p.m. Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Mar. 2024 The sport utility vehicles, which start at $57,390 and cost up to $96,390, were first delivered to customers in December. Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2024 Smith left Burley in the car and carjacked a woman in a sport utility vehicle on June 29, 2020, in the 1600 block of N. U.S. 287 Frontage Road in Mansfield. Burley, who was 26, and Smith, then 28, had been involved in an intermittent relationship since high school. Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Mar. 2024 Two Pomona College 19-year-olds heading to class were killed when a eucalyptus tree slammed into their sport utility vehicle. Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2024 On the night of Feb. 8, the two deputies initiated a traffic stop on a sport utility vehicle in Maryville, Tennessee. CBS News, 13 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1969, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sport utility vehicle was in 1969

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Cite this Entry

“Sport utility vehicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sport%20utility%20vehicle. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.

Kids Definition

sport-utility vehicle

noun
sport-util·​i·​ty vehicle
ˈspȯrt-yü-ˈtil-ət-ē-
: a rugged automotive vehicle similar to a station wagon but built on a light truck chassis
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