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Hummer
Definitions
- 1 A surname from German
- 1 One who hums.
"Judy hummed to herself. “My mother was a hummer,” LeVecque said, without looking at her."
- 2 An arrest on false pretexts. slang
"The conspiracy rap was a hummer."
- 3 A brand of sport utility vehicles sold by General Motors, and by extension, any large similar vehicle.
"Hummers are a somewhat unusual sight in New York. The kinds of people who like them as status symbols often don’t like the city’s narrow, messy street configurations, which can be hard for bulky vehicles to manage."
- 4 (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity wordnet
- 5 A Humvee. informal
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- 6 The HMMWV or Humvee, a US Army vehicle which replaced the Jeep. slang
""The vehicle is called the 'Hummer,' a contrived abbreviation of its official designation, 'High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle.'""
- 7 a singer who produces a tune without opening the lips or forming words wordnet
- 8 A type of vehicle resembling a jeep but bulkier.
"The newlyweds took a hummer limo back to their casino resort."
- 9 A hummingbird. informal
"July roth saw the first spotted egg hardly larger than a “hummer's,” lying in the nest."
- 10 A humdinger; something or someone exceptional or outstanding of their type. informal
""Ain't it a hummer of a day?" Jim exclaimed, suddenly, looking toward the valley swimming in a silver mist below us. "By Jiminy! it makes a man feel like living, don't it?""
- 11 A machine that runs particularly well and smoothly.
"“How'd you do with the rig?” Tater asked. Bubba did the sniff and wipe number again. “Piece a cake. That baby's a real hummer, Tater.”"
- 12 A very energetic or lively person; a powerful lively thing. slang
"I had a thousand liars, perjurers and villains call on me, and six genuine survivors of Lafitte's band; besides quite a delegation of widows and daughters and offspring of the late lamented pirate. No less than ten of his widows turned up; Jean must have been a hummer!"
- 13 A place, event etc. that is bustling or full of activity. dated, slang
"[Heading: The Conferences] St. Joe was a hummer. It was largely attended, enthusiastic, and splendidly entertained by the pastor, Rev. J. Simons, and his people."
- 14 Something that generates a lot of attention, talk, and excitement.
"Lansing Rubber Company Will Be Real Hummer"
- 15 A fastball.
"Branca, concentrating so intently that he didn't hear the braying crowd, threw a hummer down the middle."
- 16 Fellatio, especially when the person performing the act vibrates their mouth by humming. slang
"My mama says they make Danish jelly out of cow balls, man. Eating that's like giving a heifer a hummer."
- 17 Someone who upsets or irritates others; a trouble-maker or controversial figure.
"Of all the onnery new galoots That come to Scrambletown that summer, The meanest cuss—you bet your boots— Was H.A. Jones. He was a hummer! This Jones he was the biggest liar In all that country, all aroun' ; And by the high celestial choir, The liars there was hard to down,—In Scrambletown."
- 18 The condition of having no money. obsolete, slang, usually
"During the course of their restless, feverish careers they solicit insurance, collect for instalment houses, work advertising schemes, and finally land square on the hummer."
- 19 An admirer. obsolete, slang
"The description therefore which the Duke of Ormond's correspondent gives of himself accords in no way with the early experience of the fluent extempore preacher whose eloquence roused Evelyn's enthusiasm, and was so generally admired that when he had preached the hour-glass out, his "hummers" used to encourage him to give them another hour of exhortation."
- 20 A tantrum or fuss.
"In 1970 she threw a real hummer in her widely acclaimed article for the New York Times entitled “And Don't Call Them 'Lady' Composers” which attacked the music establishment for its sexist practices and its willful dismissal of women's participation and achievement (Oliversos 1970)."
- 21 A lie or tall tale. obsolete, slang
"It is not supposed that there is now, or that there ever was a man in Madison county who would willfully lie to hurt a fellow-man, or even to enhanced his own interests, but for your spinning yarns and big story telling, she has had some "hummers.""
- 22 A liar. obsolete, slang
"The fine lady thinks she has wit, when she scandalizes her absent neighbours; and the hummer, when he hath told a lye with a grave face;"
- 23 Something that smells very bad. slang
"[…] stench. It was a real hummer, that's for sure. The doc went back inside and returned moments later […]"
Etymology
From hum + -er.
From Humvee + -er.
From the German and West Frisian surname, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hugô, *hugiz (“mind”) + *mērijaz (“famous”). Related to Hugh and the first element of Merovingian.
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