SUV

American

[es--yoo--vee] / ˈɛs ˈyu ˈvi /

noun

plural

SUVs

sport utility vehicle a rugged vehicle with a trucklike chassis and four-wheel drive, designed for occasional off-road use.

SUV British

abbreviation

sport (or sports) utility vehicle

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Example Sentences

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He watched from inside an SUV as a neighbor, who asked to be identified only as Valerie T., confronted the agents.

From Los Angeles Times

At Tesla, Anderson led development of the Model X SUV and the company’s Autopilot system.

From The Wall Street Journal

Video of the incident showed an SUV being towed away from the parking garage of the Da Vinci Apartments, where Martinez is being pinned to the ground by agents.

From Los Angeles Times

The day before ADF argued its first court case of the term in October, Waggoner traversed Washington, D.C., in a black SUV, a security guard riding in the front seat.

From The Wall Street Journal

Detectives later found Clarke’s open gun safe and paperwork matching the dark SUV that neighbors saw leaving the shooting scene that night.

From Los Angeles Times

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