jeep

Meanings

Adjective

• 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.
• A device for detecting discontinuity in a protective coating, also called a "holiday detector"
• A covered shopping cart, also called a "shopping stroller".

Verb

• To travel by jeep.

Origin

• Derived from GP, initialism of general-purpose. Noun from General Purpose Vehicle (military light utility truck).
• Disputed. Possibly from Eugene the Jeep, a character in Popeye cartoons.