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Hummer
noun
A brand of sport utility vehicles sold by General Motors, and by extension, any large similar vehicle.
(
US, military, slang
) The HMMWV or Humvee, a US Army vehicle which replaced the Jeep.
1985
, Andy Rooney,
Pieces of my Mind
http://books.google.com/books?id=Y_rPtSgzaZwC
, ISBN 0380698854, page 38:
"The vehicle is called the ',' 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
http://books.google.com/books?id=Hr0dAAAAMAAJ
, ISBN 0670804843, page 25:
"The , 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
http://books.google.com/books?id=E4MYAAAAIAAJ
, 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 vehicle for a South Bend company."
1994
, World Book Inc., "Jeep" in
World Book Encyclopedia
vol. J
http://books.google.com/books?id=m_MvAAAAMAAJ
, ISBN 0716600943, page 25:
"A can carry four people."
(
ornithology
) (
alternative spelling of, hummer
)
1868
, Titus Fey Cronise,
The Natural Wealth of California
http://books.google.com/books?id=6AMNAAAAIAAJ
, page 458:
"The Purple-Throated is green, with the throat a brilliant violet-purple."
proper noun
A family name of German origin.
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hummer
noun
(
slang
) fellatio in which the person performing the act vibrates their mouth by humming.
(
slang
) humvee
(
slang
) hummingbird
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