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Humvee

//ˈhʌm.viː// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative letter-case form of Humvee. alt-of
  2. 2
    A diesel-powered, four-wheel drive tactical military vehicle that can carry a wide variety of military hardware. US

    "Stores, dealerships, galleries struggled to satisfy the skyrocketing demand for ever more recherché produce: limited-edition olive oils, three-hundred-dollar corkscrews, customized Humvees, the latest anti-virus software, escort services featuring contortionists and twins, video installations, outsider art, featherlight shawls made from the chin-fluff of extinct mountain goats."

  3. 3
    a high mobility, multipurpose, military vehicle with four-wheel drive wordnet

Etymology

Derived from the attempt to pronounce the acronym HMMWV (“High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle”).

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