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

Recent Examples on the Web Smith left Burley in the car and carjacked a woman in a sport utility vehicle on June 29, 2020, in the 1600 block of N. U.S. 287 Frontage Road in Mansfield. Burley, who was 26, and Smith, then 28, had been involved in an intermittent relationship since high school. Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Mar. 2024 Two Pomona College 19-year-olds heading to class were killed when a eucalyptus tree slammed into their sport utility vehicle. Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2024 On the night of Feb. 8, the two deputies initiated a traffic stop on a sport utility vehicle in Maryville, Tennessee. CBS News, 13 Feb. 2024 Voters in Paris have approved an effort to drastically increase parking fees for large sport utility vehicles and other heavy cars, the latest move by Mayor Anne Hidalgo to reshape the French capital with environmentally conscious and pedestrian-friendly policies. Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2024 The Honda Pilot debuted 21 years ago as the Japanese carmaker’s largest sport utility vehicle. James Raia, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2024 In July, Andra Craig, 57, was killed when his vehicle was hit by a Fort Worth police sport utility vehicle involved in a pursuit, ejecting him from the vehicle. Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Feb. 2024 Hybrid versions of the Honda Accord sedan and the CR-V sport utility vehicle now account for more than half those models’ sales. Lawrence Ulrich, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2024 Small crossovers, also known as subcompact SUVs, are a type of sport utility vehicle that are smaller in size and have a more fuel efficient design that gets better gas mileage than all the larger SUVs. Tony Leopardo, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1969, in the meaning defined above

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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 18 Mar. 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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