: of, relating to, done with, or being a vehicle designed especially to operate away from public roads

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The farm worker was driving on a country road in an off-road vehicle, transporting newborn livestock from one farm to another location, when the victim attempted to turn at an intersection and rolled the vehicle, pinning the victim to the ground. Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 19 June 2026 Under the ruling, which the BLM has appealed, the agency has roughly three years to redraw the network of Mojave off-road trails. Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026 In September 2023, the park voluntarily disclosed to CARB that its Honda go-karts had been modified in a way that violated state regulations for small off-road engines, per The Orange County Register. Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026 On 35s, and off-road this and whatever. Joel Feder, The Drive, 17 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for off-road

Word History

First Known Use

1954, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of off-road was in 1954

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“Off-road.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off-road. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.

Kids Definition

off-road

adjective
ˈȯf-ˈrōd
: of, relating to, done with, or being a vehicle designed especially to operate away from public roads
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