all-terrain vehicle

[ awl-tuh-reyn ]

noun

1. a vehicle with treads, wheels, or both, designed to traverse varied, uneven terrain as well as roads. : ATV

Word History and Origins

Origin of all-terrain vehicle¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

When her husband, Nabil, grazed his goats in pastures he had used for decades, Sharvit would quickly arrive in an all-terrain vehicle and he and young settlers would chase the animals away, he says.

From BBC

A Michigan man used an an all-terrain vehicle to run over and critically injure an 80-year-old man who was putting a Trump sign in his yard, in what police have described as a politically motivated attack.

From BBC

Frank Bernhardt, a pest control contractor for Arid Recovery, rode through the desert night in an all-terrain vehicle, searching for cats, in Arid Recovery in Roxby Downs Station, South Australia.Credit...

From New York Times

Over the previous few nights, a “pest control contractor” — a robustly bearded sharpshooter equipped with an all-terrain vehicle and powerful spotlight — had been riding through the Arid Recovery reserve, shooting cats.

From New York Times

The same day in Maine, an 88-year-old man died when the all-terrain vehicle he was on plunged through the ice after a fishing trip, the latest in a series of such accidents.

From Seattle Times