hatchback
nounUS /ˈhæt͡ʃˌbæk/
Etymology From hatch + back.
1
A car with a sloping, hinged rear door that opens upwards.
- The accident happened in Lottbridge Drove, Eastbourne, when the 26-year-old male victim was struck by a small dark hatchback.2007 July 21, Siobhan Ryan, “Hit and run driver kills cyclist”, in The Argus:
- As I tentatively reverse, I have a sense of foreboding, unsure I’ll be able to control this overgrown mechanical beast. I am posing to the salesman as someone who is seeking maximum protection on the city roads, yet I suspect that I look very much like a man who usually drives a tiny hatchback.2023 November 5, Andrew Anthony, “Monsters of the road: what should the UK do about SUVs?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
2
The door itself.
- Derived terms
- hot hatchback, hot hatch