vehicular

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments  · 
Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor -- vehicular mayhem on multiplayer maps Randy - posted: 3 / 11 / 2009 11: 35 PM

View all »
Definitions (6)

Toggle American Heritage definitions American Heritage Dictionary (2)

  1. adjective Of, relating to, or intended for vehicles, especially motor vehicles.
  2. adjective Serving as a vehicle: a vehicular contrivance.

Toggle Century definitions Century Dictionary (2)

Toggle GNU Webster definitions GNU Webster's 1913 (1)

Toggle WordNet definitions WordNet (1)

Toggle elsewhere links Elsewhere on the web

View all »
Examples (50)

  • Please note that during the rally, which is scheduled to begin at 1: 00 p.m. and is directed against firms receiving bailouts, streets in the area may be closed to vehicular or pedestrian traffic. —  Dealbreaker
  • The conviction was a violation of his probation for the vehicular homicide conviction. —  StarTribune.com rss feed
  • Well, let's parse this … sales of everything-vehicular and otherwise-are down, and hybrid vehicles are caught in that net along with trucks, sedans and sportsters. —  The Truth About Cars
  • From the moment he first slipped the surly bonds of earth, Young would go on to log 835 hours of Space flight, as well as more than 20 hours of extra-vehicular time on the surface of the moon as Commander of Apollo 16 - he was the ninth man to step on the lunar soil. —  collectSPACE Today In Space History
  • Of course, warrantless personal / vehicular / home searches would be necessary, but what a small price to pay for a safe, orderly, peaceful society! —  The Berkeley Daily Planet, The East Bay's Independent Newspaper
 

Tags

vehicular hasn't been tagged yet.

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

This word has been looked up 27 times.

On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images

Etymologies (1)

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (1)

  1. from Late Latin vehicularis, from Latin vehiculum, a vehicle: see vehicle.
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »

/vəˈhɪkjulər/
by American Heritage

Charts

frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

You can expect to see this word about twice a month.

Recently looked up

bilbo · majesty · orientation · benison · hibernation

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

these grunts every eight hours · haul it off to our darkest dungeon · send for a doctor · forget what witticism you were originally going to insert here because you've just banged your knee on your desk · the rest will come naturally