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

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While vehicles are bigger, with far fewer sedans on the road replaced by bigger sport utility vehicles (SUV), Klemens said the chances of a crash turning fatal or causing serious injury increase. Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 22 Nov. 2024 The three-row sport utility vehicle (SUV) now has a more upright look and squared off edges emulating the larger Telluride SUV. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024 Crossovers and sport utility vehicles have since inverted the automotive landscape, climbing to top-selling status while coupes and sedans appear to be headed the way of the VHS cassette. Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2024 The three suspects used hammers to smash a glass display case and then grabbed several thousand dollars worth of jewelry before running from the mall to a waiting dark-colored sport utility vehicle that was toward the Main Street exit, police said. Lisa Backus, Connecticut Post, 21 Oct. 2024 But its square shape and high roof outguns all but the largest sport utility vehicles, offering over 100 cubic feet of interior volume behind the first row. Karl Brauer, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024 The agent fired their service weapon in the direction of the rifle, and a witness saw a man, later identified as Routh, fleeing the area of the tree line, entering a Nissan sport utility vehicle and leaving at a high rate of speed. NBC News, 17 Sep. 2024 Citing a shortage of a component used to build its electric pickups, sport utility vehicles and vans, Rivian said production could drop as much as 18% this year at its lone U.S. assembly plant. Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024 Advertisement Investigators were trying to learn more about the driver of the sport utility vehicle. Juan A. Lozano and Sean Murphy, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1969, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sport utility vehicle was in 1969

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“Sport utility vehicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sport%20utility%20vehicle. Accessed 10 Dec. 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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