Jeep

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Trademark.

a small, rugged military motor vehicle having four-wheel drive and a ¼-ton capacity: widely used by the U.S. Army during and after World War II.

noun

(lowercase) a similar vehicle used by civilians.

verb (used without object)

(lowercase) to ride or travel in a jeep.

Origin of Jeep

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40; alteration of G.P. (for General Purpose) Vehicle, or special use of Eugene the Jeep, name of fabulous animal in comic strip “Popeye” by E. C. Segar

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How to use Jeep in a sentence

Tank Battle Jeep Guard Crush -- some editorial changes and the removal of all blood when the guards are crushed by the tank.
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The Cubans pulled up to the outpost and crammed the survivors into an open-body Jeep and a pickup truck.
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Jeep steadily gave up a market it had created to rivals, particularly Toyota and Range Rover.
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The prototype Land Rover was designed by a Jeep owner and built on a Jeep chassis.
Nationalism on Four Wheels | Clive Irving | October 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
He saw a chain barrier covered with PVC piping that the Jeep had apparently struck and damaged before becoming stuck.
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The taxi ground up a gravelled driveway, stopped before an Army Jeep at the iron-grilled gateway.
Bear Trap | Alan Edward Nourse
The Jeep took it for an hour in the fading afternoon light and then bucked to a halt.
The Syndic | C.M. Kornbluth
They more or less learned to start and steer and stop the Jeep.
The Syndic | C.M. Kornbluth
He fell, cursed, picked himself up, stumbled on after the growl of the Jeep.
The Syndic | C.M. Kornbluth
He snaked out from under the Jeep and raced through wet brush.
The Syndic | C.M. Kornbluth

British Dictionary definitions for Jeep

Jeep

/ (dʒiːp) /

noun

trademark a small military road vehicle with four-wheel drive

Origin of Jeep

C20: probably from the initials GP, for general purpose (vehicle)

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