Sport utility vehicle

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A passenger vehicle which combines the towing capacity of a pickup truck with the passenger-carrying space of a minivan or station wagon together with on- or off-road ability.
  2. 2
    a high-performance four-wheel drive car built on a truck chassis wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
s.u.v.sport utilitysuv

Etymology

Extant since the 1970s in the technical usage of the auto industry, where at the time it sometimes included a virgule as sport/utility vehicle; in common use among the general public since the early 1990s, when this class of vehicles first became widely popular as an alternative to station wagons and minivans.

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