jeep

CEFRB1

/d͡ʒiːp/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A car suitable for traveling over rough terrain.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A small, blocky, military-style vehicle with four-wheel drive, suited to rough terrain.

Examples

  • A jeep trailing a cloud of dust was speeding in my direction.

  • He drove over a land mine and his jeep blew up.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Pertaining to utility or general purpose.

  2. A light utility truck from WWII used by the U.S. Army, and subsequently turned into the trademark Jeep when civilianized by originating manufacturer Willys-Overland.

  3. A sport utility vehicle or similar four-wheel-drive vehicle.

More examples

In context

  • He recently traded in his jeep for a new Mercedes.

  • Everyone who comes here and who knows who Blanchard even is would be considered an agp fetishist coomer by Blanchard. Cope harder you malebrained jeep.

  • From there we jeeped over extraordinarily difficult roads to Marwari City, the site of Southern Philippine University, where I had been invited to address a convocation on the subject of "College Life in the United States."

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Origin

noun

From GP, standing for "general purpose".