hatchback
Americannoun
noun
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a sloping rear end of a car having a single door that is lifted to open
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( as modifier )
a hatchback model
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a car having such a rear end
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The BYD Dolphin, an all-electric hatchback, starts at less than $14,000 in China.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026
Brinley said Nissan squandered its lead in the U.S. electric-vehicle market with the Leaf hatchback and waited too long to update its Frontier pickup truck despite the popularity of midsize trucks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025
By the 1990s, its Fiesta hatchback had become such a staple of British streets that Ford was almost considered a local brand.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025
For years its Focus model was the UK's most-popular, but the US company axed the hatchback and the last Ford Focus rolled off factory lines in Germany last week.
From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025
She collected her luggage from the bus station and stashed her extra IDs deep under the felt that lined the hatchback.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
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