vehicular

adjective

ve·​hic·​u·​lar vē-ˈhi-kyə-lər 

1

a

: of, relating to, or designed for vehicles and especially motor vehicles

b

: transported by vehicle

c

: caused by or resulting from the operation of a vehicle

vehicular homicide

2

: serving as a vehicle

Examples of vehicular in a Sentence

The road was closed to vehicular traffic.

Recent Examples on the Web

Estevan Fabian Corona, 49, was convicted of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence in Chula Vista Superior Court for hitting 21-year-old Brescia Ayon with a vehicle on March 5, 2020, then leaving the scene. —City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2024

Grossman was convicted in February of two counts of murder, two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter and one count of hit and run in the 2020 deaths of Mark and Jacob Iskander, ages 11 and 8. —Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024

Yang had been convicted of criminal vehicular operation in 2020 in Hennepin County and was ordered to submit a DNA sample, court records show. —Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 4 June 2024

Records show a few criminal charges, including a weapons charge and serious vehicular violations — but in the 1980s. —Nina Burleigh, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 May 2024

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Late Latin vehiculāris, from Latin vehiculum vehicle + -āris -ar

First Known Use

1616, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

vehicular

adjective

ve·​hic·​u·​lar vē-ˈhik-yə-lər 

: of, relating to, or designed for vehicles