ute
Meaning
A utility vehicle: a car or light truck with an open tray at the back.
Example
Chuck the esky in the back of the ute.
Origin
Shortening of 'utility'.
Nearby words
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- useful as an ashtray on a motorbikeCompletely useless.
- ute musterA gathering of utes, especially in a country town, where they are shown off and judged in competitions.
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- Van Diemen's LandThe name used by Europeans for Tasmania until 1856, associated especially with its history as a penal colony.
- VandemonianA person from Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania), especially a convict or ex-convict from there. Dated.