Word Finder - jeep

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

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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.

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(genericized trademark) A sport utility vehicle or similar four-wheel-drive vehicle.

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To travel by jeep.

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Pertaining to utility or general purpose.

The Jeep was upside down, on its roll bar.

Dean slammed his fist against the Jeep in frustration at the sight.

I can just picture you spread-eagle over your Jeep, being frisked by some woman as all our friends drive by!

He turned the Jeep at the far end of town and began following her.

More than enough, but once we reach the main Jeep road we're sure to see someone.

He turned and went to his Jeep.

I wonder if that shot, or whatever it was, came from the owner of that blue sweater on his Jeep seat?

Two hours remained before the last of the day's celebrations— the Jeep flare parade down the mountain, followed by a massive fireworks display—so after finishing supper, the Deans began playing catch up with Bird Song's chores.

We're renting a Jeep and going up to see it tomorrow.

He didn't tell her he'd heard Joseph himself call the Jeep rental dealer earlier.

He had just started toward his Jeep when there was a sound like a gunshot from above them.

He hurried the Jeep as fast as he dared on the gravel-slippery road where even a crawl seemed excessive.

She strode to the driver's side of the Jeep, hands on her hips, a no-nonsense look on her startlingly attractive face.

It had been the mildest late winter in years and the lack of high country snow had opened the Jeep roads weeks earlier than usual.

If that were the case, Dean wondered, why had Joseph also rented a Jeep and parked out of sight behind Bird Song?

The topless Jeep offered an unfettered view of the spectacular scenery they entered as soon as they left the highway.

A hundred yards ahead of them the infrequently used Jeep road became impassable in a washed-out jumble of stone.

As they moved down the trail to their parked Jeep, they heard the sound of a vehicle approaching.

Before they could get out of sight, Joseph Dawkins' rental Jeep pulled up below them, cutting new destruction through the flowers.

Both jumped to their feet and started around the cluster of boulders where Joseph had parked only to see the tail of Joseph Dawkins' Jeep as it bumped across the blanketing wave of wild flowers.

It's the heart of the season and still early enough to hitch a ride with a Jeep tour or a tourist.

Thunder tumbled down the San Juan Mountains, heralding the arrival of pelting rain that turned the Jeep road into a surging stream and the sky to an ominous shade of raven black.

Me and Bertha here might be too old to drive all the way from Kansas, but we're still at home on these Jeep roads.

Cynthia tried to clean up the topless Jeep, still aflood with the bounty of nature's deluge.

Dean said as he braked the Jeep, nearly tossing his standing passenger.

He popped out of the Jeep, leaving the Deans to unstick themselves from their seats and follow.

Dean stopped his Jeep beneath the trees and watched.

Billy Langstrom, behind the wheel of a red Jeep similar to but older than Deans', honked from across the street.

Dean pulled down the top on his Jeep and slowly drove uptown, giving off what he hoped were candidate smiles and waves to the locals, all of whom seemed to be walking the sun drenched street.

It was only a couple of blocks to Duckett's Market, but he needed the Jeep to haul the groceries.

I recognized your Jeep.

Bird Song was empty when the Deans returned after retrieving the Jeep and making their way to the inn by back streets.

The Deans shared a subdued silence as they boarded the Jeep to pick up their guest at the Beaumont.

She climbed into the back of the Jeep, shooing Cynthia from having to alight to fold down the front seat.

The attorney quickly recovered and half slid, half ran down the slope next to his Jeep where they were standing, covering his shiny black shoes with dust in the process and nearly falling on the seat of his creased shorts.

He gave a wave but no further comment as he hurried to his Jeep and left.

As he watched, Faust's Jeep passed into view, with two figures clearly visible.

She must have hiked down the back way and met up with him down at the bend in the road, below where our Jeep is parked.

Jennifer said nothing more for the remainder of the trip down the mountain until the Jeep finally rolled onto pavement and they entered the still busy town.

Dean thought about the pictures, especially the one of Dickinson Faust standing next to his Jeep, with the woman's sweater hanging over the seat.

As he started his Jeep, Ginger Dawkins, light blue sweater slung over her arm, came up the street and gave Dean an innocent wave.

Billy Langstrom's body stared out from beneath the overturned Jeep, eyes open, a look of mixed surprise and horror on his young face as he lay in a pool of darkening blood.

Young Billy Langstrom came by for Pumpkin, his newfound friend, announced by the absence of a muffler on his bright red Jeep.

Cynthia asked as they hurried back to their Jeep.

Pumpkin motioned toward the Jeep.

Cynthia had volunteered a couple of hours selling tickets for the Ouray Chamber's Jeep raffle.

The vehicle, older than Fred, sounded better than Dean's Jeep.

We should come out above our Jeep.

She can't find her camera and wants to know if she left it in the Jeep.

He gave only a glance up the path to the mine before returning to his Jeep.