SUV

plural SUVs.

sport-utility vehicle.

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Examples from the Web for suv

Contemporary Examples of suv

The preacher gave sheriff deputies permission to search his SUV but warned them “there was something bad” inside.
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M.L. Nestel
December 21, 2014
In 2002, he was arrested for reckless driving after swerving his SUV off the highway.
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November 27, 2014
Cianci spent the last several days campaigning in the Buddy-Mobile, an SUV plastered with posters of himself.
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David Freedlander
November 4, 2014
He was then trundled into what he says was either a minivan or an SUV.
What It’s Like to Be Snatched by the Delta Force
Michael Daly
October 9, 2014
Ware goes to help a customer lift several giant boxes of furniture into the back of her SUV.
Pushing for Justice at Walmart
Sally Kohn
December 16, 2013

Historical Examples of suv

Cos, you know, they're fond o' changing their suv'rins, and—you aint!
The Sketches of Seymour (Illustrated), Part 1.
Robert Seymour

British Dictionary definitions for suv

SUV

abbreviation for

sport (or sports) utility vehicle

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Word Origin and History for suv

SUV

by 1988, abbreviation of sport/utility vehicle (itself attested from 1982).

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