hatchback
noun
hatch·back
ˈhach-ˌbak 
: an automobile the back of which consists of a hatch that opens upward
also
: the back itself
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Stella alleged that a small black hatchback vehicle struck her state police cruiser and then fled the scene.
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2026
The charges stem from an incident on Oct 21, when 28-year-old Stella called a sergeant in the early morning to report that a black hatchback vehicle had struck her cruiser in the westbound lane of Interstate 84 in Danbury and fled the scene.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2026
After years of drifting toward irrelevance as rivals appeared, Nissan has taken its once-groundbreaking EV and redesigned it from the ground up, transforming the Leaf from an aging hatchback into a compact crossover with the range and tech to finally feel contemporary.
—New Atlas, 30 Dec. 2025
Robert Jerry Hiller, 68, was driving to meet his friends on Christmas Eve when his blue Toyota Yaris hatchback got caught in a storm along East Avenue I and 50th Street East in Lancaster, KTLA reported.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 28 Dec. 2025
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“Hatchback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hatchback. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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hatchback
noun
hatch·back
ˈhach-ˌbak
1
: a back on an automobile having an upward-opening hatch
2
: an automobile having a hatchback
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