jeep

UK /d͡ʒiːp/ US /d͡ʒiːp/

noun 8adj 1verb 1name 1

Definitions

noun

A vehicle (of a particular brand) suitable for rough terrain.

adj

Pertaining to utility or general purpose.

noun

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

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.

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

Clipping of jeepney

Collocations

ADJ.

harder, near, new, new, parked, parked, still

We drove past a parked jeep with its doors wide open.

VERB + JEEP

back, bear, bring, drive, drove, found, get, malebrained

We drove the jeep across the desert to reach the remote village.

JEEP + NOUN

hound, huckleberry, rima, rima's

The old jeep hound chased rabbits across the dusty farm every morning.

PREP.

from, in, in, out, out, up

We jumped out of the jeep as soon as it started to rain heavily.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a car suitable for traveling over rough terrain

landrover

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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

Wiktionary

Coordinate term: husstuss

Wiktionary

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.

Wiktionary

He recently traded in his jeep for a new Mercedes.

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

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Tom got out of the jeep.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, jeep is marked as derogatory, offensive, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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