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jeep

See also: Jeep and JEEP

English

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A Willys MA, an iconic World War II jeep.
 
A shopping jeep

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Etymology 1

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Derived from GP, initialism of general-purpose. Noun from General Purpose Vehicle (military light utility truck).

Adjective

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jeep (not comparable)

  1. (military) Pertaining to utility or general purpose.
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  • jeep (“light utility truck / offroad 4WD”)
  • jeep carrier (“aircraft carrier”)

Noun

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jeep (plural jeeps)

  1. A small, blocky, military-style vehicle with four-wheel drive, suited to rough terrain.
  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. (genericized trademark) A sport utility vehicle or similar four-wheel-drive vehicle.
  4. (Philippines, colloquial) Clipping of jeepney
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Verb

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jeep (third-person singular simple present jeeps, present participle jeeping, simple past and past participle jeeped)

  1. (ambitransitive) To travel by jeep.
    • 1997, John H. Esterline, Mae H. Esterline, Innocents Abroad: How We Won the Cold War, page 272:
      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."

Etymology 2

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Disputed. Possibly from Eugene the Jeep, a character in Popeye cartoons.[1]

Noun

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jeep (plural jeeps)

  1. (corrosion) A device for detecting discontinuity in a protective coating, also called a "holiday detector"[2]
  2. (Australia, regional) A covered shopping cart, also called a "shopping stroller".[3]

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  1. ^ Delbridge, A.; Bernard, J. R. L.; Blair, D.; Ramson, W. S. and Butler, Susan (eds). 1981. The Macquarie Dictionary. Macquarie Library Pty. Ltd.
  2. ^ Lu, Q.M.; Gunnerson, C.G.; Knudsen, J.F.; French, J.A.; Eskesen, S.K.; Powers, J.T.; Shremp, F.; Segar, D.A.; Stamman, E. and Yucheng, Z. 2012. Wastewater Management for Coastal Cities: The Ocean Disposal Option. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. isbn:9783642797293 p. 166
  3. ^ Ramson, W.S. 1970. English Transported: Essays on Australasian English. Australian National University Press. isbn: 9780708106266 p.53

Etymology 3

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An ironic pronunciation of AGP, the initialism of autogynephilia in Blanchard's transsexual typology.

Noun

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jeep (plural jeeps)

  1. (4chan /lgbt/ slang, derogatory, offensive) A trans woman who is sexually attracted to women and transitioned due to autogynephilia.
    Coordinate term: husstuss
    • 2024 September 30, anonymous author, 4chan‎[1], /lgbt/:
      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.

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English jeep. Genericized trademark.

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Noun

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jeep f (plural jeeps)

  1. jeep

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English jeep.

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jeep f (invariable)

  1. jeep

Polish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English jeep. Genericized trademark.

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Noun

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jeep m inan

  1. Alternative spelling of dżip

Declension

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Declension of jeep
singular plural
nominative jeep jeepy
genitive jeepa jeepów
dative jeepowi jeepom
accusative jeepa jeepy
instrumental jeepem jeepami
locative jeepie jeepach
vocative jeepie jeepy

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  • jeep in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French jeep.

Noun

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jeep n (plural jeepuri)

  1. jeep

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Declension of jeep
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative jeep jeepul jeepuri jeepurile
genitive-dative jeep jeepului jeepuri jeepurilor
vocative jeepule jeepurilor

Spanish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English jeep.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝip/ [ˈɟ͡ʝip]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃip/ [ˈʃip]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒip/ [ˈʒip]

Noun

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jeep m (plural jeeps)

  1. jeep

Usage notes

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According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From English jeep.

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Noun

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jeep c

  1. jeep

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Declension of jeep
nominative genitive
singular indefinite jeep jeeps
definite jeepen jeepens
plural indefinite jeepar jeepars
definite jeeparna jeeparnas

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