sport utility vehicle
noun
variants or sport-utility vehicle
ˈspȯrt-yü-ˈti-lə-tē- 
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
Example Sentences
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Phil Helsel, NBC News, 6 Sep. 2022 Police asked the man to step out of the sport-utility vehicle. Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 29 July 2022 Police on patrol noticed a suspicious sport-utility vehicle with its headlights on stopped in the street on Holly Drive. Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 21 July 2022 When the Italian company announced its last such plan in 2018, its big challenge was to make a sport-utility vehicle that is different from the others. Stephen Wilmot, WSJ, 16 June 2022 The company currently sells two all-electric models, the $67,500 R1T pickup truck and $72,500 R1S sport-utility vehicle. Sean Mclain, WSJ, 4 June 2022 The success of the Model 3 compact car and Model Y compact sport-utility vehicle have helped change Tesla’s fortune, transforming it from a niche luxury player to a mass-market auto maker. Tim Higgins, WSJ, 3 June 2022 But this year has proved challenging for the young company, which has struggled to increase production of its first two models, the R1T pickup and R1S sport-utility vehicle. Sean Mclain, WSJ, 11 May 2022 Divers and other officers from the Tuscaloosa Police Department discovered the sport-utility vehicle in water in the Holt community, a rural area a few miles east of Tuscaloosa, police said in a statement. NBC News, 25 Mar. 2022 See More
Phil Helsel, NBC News, 6 Sep. 2022 Police asked the man to step out of the sport-utility vehicle. Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 29 July 2022 Police on patrol noticed a suspicious sport-utility vehicle with its headlights on stopped in the street on Holly Drive. Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 21 July 2022 When the Italian company announced its last such plan in 2018, its big challenge was to make a sport-utility vehicle that is different from the others. Stephen Wilmot, WSJ, 16 June 2022 The company currently sells two all-electric models, the $67,500 R1T pickup truck and $72,500 R1S sport-utility vehicle. Sean Mclain, WSJ, 4 June 2022 The success of the Model 3 compact car and Model Y compact sport-utility vehicle have helped change Tesla’s fortune, transforming it from a niche luxury player to a mass-market auto maker. Tim Higgins, WSJ, 3 June 2022 But this year has proved challenging for the young company, which has struggled to increase production of its first two models, the R1T pickup and R1S sport-utility vehicle. Sean Mclain, WSJ, 11 May 2022 Divers and other officers from the Tuscaloosa Police Department discovered the sport-utility vehicle in water in the Holt community, a rural area a few miles east of Tuscaloosa, police said in a statement. NBC News, 25 Mar. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1969, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
sport-utility vehicle
noun
: an automobile similar to a station wagon but built on a light truck frame