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Jeep¹
- /d͡ʒiːp/
Rhymes with -iːp
Where it comes from
From GP, standing for "general purpose".
noun Jeeps
- A vehicle (of a particular brand) suitable for rough terrain.
jeep²
- /d͡ʒiːp/
Rhymes with -iːp
Where it comes from
Derived from GP, initialism of general-purpose. Noun from General Purpose Vehicle (military light utility truck).
adjective
- Pertaining to utility or general purpose.
noun jeeps
- 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
verb jeeps · jeeping · jeeped
- To travel by 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."
jeep³
- /d͡ʒiːp/
Rhymes with -iːp
Where it comes from
Disputed. Possibly from Eugene the Jeep, a character in Popeye cartoons.
noun jeeps
- A device for detecting discontinuity in a protective coating, also called a "holiday detector"
- A covered shopping cart, also called a "shopping stroller".
jeep⁴
- /d͡ʒiːp/
Rhymes with -iːp
Where it comes from
An ironic pronunciation of AGP, the initialism of autogynephilia in Blanchard's transsexualism typology.
noun jeeps
- A trans woman who is sexually attracted to women and transitioned due to autogynephilia. Coordinate term: husstuss
JEEP⁵
proper noun
- Initialism of Joint Emergency Evacuation Plan
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: landrover, humvee, vehicle, pocket, enclave, jeb, gibb, bihac, jaap, jepp, off-roader, atv, utv, suv, crossover, hummer
Translations
Talk about this word "jeep." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/jeep. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. jeep. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/jeep "jeep." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/jeep.Cite this
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title = {jeep},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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