[jeep] n [prob. fr. g. p. (abbr. of general purpose)] (1940): a small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase, 1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in World War II; also: a similar but larger and more powerful U.S. army vehicle
[2]jeep vi (1942): to travel by jeep Jeep trademark--used for a civilian automotive vehicle