sport utility vehicle
noun
variants:
or sport-utility vehicle \ ˈspȯrt-yü-ˈti-lə-tē- 
\
or less commonly sport utility
or sport-utility
\
or less commonly sport utility
or sport-utility
plural sport utility vehicles
or sport-utility vehicles
also sport utilities
or sport-utilities
Definition of sport utility vehicle
: 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
The woman drove from her workplace on Blaze Industrial at about 5 p.m. Aug. 27 and noticed a silver Honda sport-utility vehicle following her closely. — Bob Sandrick, cleveland.com, "Worker threatens to ‘shoot up’ workplace; woman followed by driver calls police: Berea police blotter," 5 Sep. 2019 Police found Clark on the ground next to a sport-utility vehicle, and when an officer approached, Clark immediately began to stab himself in the neck, police have said. — Phil Helsel, NBC News, "Man accused of killing Instagram personality, posting photos of body online pleads not guilty," 30 July 2019 In mid-March, Elon Musk unveiled the Model Y, a compact sport-utility vehicle, as Tesla looks to broaden its appeal among electric-car buyers. — Charley Grant, WSJ, "Wall Street Is Losing Faith in Tesla," 21 May 2019 The video, which police released Friday, appears to show the officer coming around the corner of a sport-utility vehicle and shooting a woman. — NBC News, "Body camera video shows teen fatally shot by officer on freeway appeared to have handgun," 13 July 2019 Americans are increasingly favouring pickup trucks and sports-utility vehicles, gas guzzlers eschewed by much of the rest of the world. — The Economist, "Three industriesSupply chains for different industries are fragmenting in different ways," 11 July 2019 Companies likely to see immediate benefits from the suspension include Tesla Inc. and Ford Motor Co. , as well as German auto makers BMW AG and Daimler AG , which build sport-utility vehicles in the U.S. for export to China. — WSJ, "China to Suspend Punitive Tariffs on U.S. Cars and Auto Parts for Three Months," 14 Dec. 2018 The car maker on Wednesday said total deliveries—including the pricier Model S large sedan and Model X sport-utility vehicle—more than tripled to 90,700 in 2018’s final quarter from 29,870 a year earlier. — Tim Higgins, WSJ, "Tesla Shares Sink on Model 3 Delivery Miss, Price Cut," 2 Jan. 2019 The problem is crystallized in one model: the RAV4 sport-utility vehicle. — Tory Newmyer, Washington Post, "The Finance 202: Volcker Rule changes aren't actually wholesale gutting of post-crisis regime," 31 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sport utility vehicle.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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