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

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  • 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

[s(port) u(tility) v(ehicle).]

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Examples

  • 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.

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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.

    bank account and sentri question 2009

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • The Chevy HHR, a small SUV, is assembled in Mexico.

    Readers tell us why they stand by their American-made cars 2009

  • 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.

    bank account and sentri question 2009

  • The SUV is a good ride, although it rarely reaches its mid-30s miles per gallon rating.

    Obama: Car salesman in chief 2009

  • 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.

    bank account and sentri question 2009

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