Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A four-wheel-drive vehicle with a roomy body, designed for off-road travel.
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- noun A
sport utility vehicle
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a high-performance four-wheel drive car built on a truck chassis
- noun a high-performance four-wheel drive car built on a truck chassis
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It should be noted here the term SUV refers to the gas slurping type, not the fuel efficient and even hybrid SUVs which have started to enter the market.
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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My 2007 SUV is suppossedly too new to nationalize, or that aduana would charge way too much to do so, or that it is not elgible as it is a forieign make and can't be nationalized.
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Will carry groceries or kids, not too far or too fast, but it does make you realize how often an SUV is just massive overkill.
duh pookie 2009
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Aug 30, 2006: Omeed Aziz Popal kills 1 and injures 17 in SUV rampage that began in Fremont, CA, and ended at the Jewish Community Center of SF.
Think Progress » GOP Sen. Dick Lugar rebukes Cheney criticism of Obama as ‘unfair.’ 2010
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Will carry groceries or kids, not too far or too fast, but it does make you realize how often an SUV is just massive overkill.
duh pookie 2009
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The DYRS ward found driving murdered AU prof's SUV is now officially a suspect in her murder (the Examiner)
DeMorning DeBonis: Oct. 28, 2010 Mike DeBonis 2010
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The Chevy HHR, a small SUV, is assembled in Mexico.
Readers tell us why they stand by their American-made cars 2009
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My 2007 SUV is suppossedly too new to nationalize, or that aduana would charge way too much to do so, or that it is not elgible as it is a forieign make and can't be nationalized.
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The SUV is a good ride, although it rarely reaches its mid-30s miles per gallon rating.
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My 2007 SUV is suppossedly too new to nationalize, or that aduana would charge way too much to do so, or that it is not elgible as it is a forieign make and can't be nationalized.
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