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hummer

see also: Hummer

Noun

hummer (plural hummers)

One who hums.
(informal) A Humvee.
A type of vehicle resembling a jeep but bulkier.
The newlyweds took a hummer limo back to their casino resort.
(informal) A hummingbird.
(informal) A humdinger.
(baseball) A fastball.
(slang) Fellatio in which the person performing the act vibrates their mouth by humming.
(slang) A very energetic or lively person, a powerful lively thing.
(slang) Something or someone exceptional of their type.
(slang, obsolete) An obvious lie.
(slang, obsolete) A liar.
(slang) An erection of the penis.

Noun

hummer (plural hummers)

Hummer

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Noun

hummer (plural hummers)

A brand of sport utility vehicles sold by General Motors, and by extension, any large similar vehicle
(military, slang) The HMMWV or Humvee, a US Army vehicle which replaced the Jeep
- 1985, Andy Rooney, Pieces of my Mind , ISBN 0380698854, page 38:
  "The vehicle is called the 'Hummer,' a contrived abbreviation of its official designation, 'High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle.'"
- 1985, James Coates and Michael Kilian, Heavy Losses: The Dangerous Decline of American Defense , ISBN 0670804843, page 25:
  "The Hummer, a clumsy, elongated vehicle the Army intended as a replacement for the hardy Jeep, developed so many problems it became known as the Bummer."
- 1987, Michael Barone & Grant Ujifusa, The Almanac of American Politics, 1988 , ISBN 0892340371, page 403:
  "He made a point of not taking federal money for the district -- though by 1986 he was bragging about landing an Army contract to build the Hummer vehicle for a South Bend company."
- 1994, World Book Inc., "Jeep" in World Book Encyclopedia vol. J , ISBN 0716600943, page 25:
  "A Hummer can carry four people."

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