A common abbeviation for "all terrain, vehicle."
A 4 wheeled vehicle, typically used by
ignorant rednecks, to ride across all sorts of land, both private and public. Their passtime tends to cause soil erosion as they more or less destroy
everything in their path. And while what is left of our remaining arable land
continues to get paved over for patio homes, strip malls, office campuses, freeways arterials and other highways (see roads), and other assorted suburban sprawl, the ATV riders are continually at odds with farmers, environmentalists, consevationists pagans and others who actually have a respect for the land.