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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The suspects arrived and left in a black sport utility vehicle. Jason Green, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025 The Department of Energy has agreed to lend billions to carmakers like Rivian, which will receive $6 billion for a factory near Atlanta to produce electric sport utility vehicles. Jack Ewing, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025 Honda's premium arm is set to launch a new battery-electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) this year. Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025 California Highway Patrol officials say a woman driving a Toyota sport utility vehicle north on Ione Road just south of Jackson Road stopped at the stop sign before turning left and into the path of a man driving a Buick Encore traveling west on Jackson Road approaching Ione Road. Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 14 Jan. 2025 Now, the automaker appears to have righted its wrongs and is back in the midsize electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) game. David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024 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

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 31 Jan. 2025.

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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