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Definition of hatchback
: an automobile the back of which consists of a hatch that opens upward; also : the back itself
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The Ioniq, a compact hatchback, will ultimately come in three flavors.
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These agents of acceleration can’t propel the A7 from zero to 60 mph quicker than its top rivals, but this large, refined four-door hatchback is still eye-openingly fast.
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In recent weeks, Diess said, VW has signed off on the final design of the electric I.D. line-up’s first model, a hatchback similar to the marque’s bestselling Golf.
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Zhang went missing on June 9 at about 2 p.m. after last being seen getting into a black Saturn Astra hatchback, which police allege belongs to Christensen.
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University police said Zhang had just gotten off a public bus before the four-door hatchback approached her on the north end of the university campus.
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But just weeks after arriving at the University of Illinois, the 26-year-old visiting scholar in agriculture sciences stepped off a bus on a sunny afternoon and got into a black hatchback.
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But just weeks after arriving at the University of Illinois, the 26-year-old visiting scholar in agriculture sciences stepped off a bus on a sunny afternoon and got into a black hatchback.
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But just weeks after arriving at the University of Illinois, the 26-year-old visiting scholar in agriculture sciences stepped off a bus on a sunny afternoon and got into a black hatchback.
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First Known Use of hatchback
1970
HATCHBACK Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of hatchback for English Language Learners
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: a door that opens upward on the back of a car; also : a car that has such a door
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