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Definition of Hummer

1. Noun. A singer who produces a tune without opening the lips or forming words.

2. Noun. (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity. "He showed batters nothing but smoke"

Definition of Hummer

1. n. One who, or that which, hums; one who applauds by humming.

Definition of Hummer

1. Noun. A brand of sport utility vehicles sold by General Motors, and by extension, any large similar vehicle ¹

2. Noun. (military slang) The HMMWV or Humvee, a US Army vehicle which replaced the Jeep ¹

3. Noun. (ornithology) (alternative spelling of hummer) ¹

4. Proper noun. (surname from=German dot=) of German origin ¹

5. Noun. (slang) fellatio in which the person performing the act vibrates their mouth by humming. ¹

6. Noun. (slang) humvee ¹

7. Noun. (slang) hummingbird ¹

8. Noun. (slang) humdinger ¹

9. Noun. (baseball) A fastball. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hummer

1. one that hums [n -S] - See also: hums

Medical Definition of Hummer

1. 1. One who, or that which, hums; one who applauds by humming. 2. A humming bird. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hummer

humitures humlie humlies hummable hummably hummaum hummaums hummed hummel hummeler

hummelers hummelled hummeller hummellers hummels hummerite hummers hummin humming humming-bird

humming-birds humming-top humming bird's trumpet humming top hummingbird hummingbird moth hummingbirds hummings hummock

Literary usage of Hummer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. One Hundred Modern Scottish Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices by David Herschell Edwards (1897)
"S : 310 hummer voices ; by ,1. Hamilton - ] : 25S that will last, the ; by K. While - * : 2S hummer's sun, the ; by M. Grant - . . 1:122 Hun i' the lift wan ..."

2. The American Boys Handy Book by Daniel Carter Beard (1890)
"The hummer. This is somewhat similar to the toy just described, but even more ... When the hummer is swung around the head it makes a loud, buzzing noise. ..."

3. Birds of the Rockies by Leander Sylvester Keyser (1902)
"PRETTY hummer I HERE do you suppose I got my first glimpse of the mite in feathers called the broad-tailed humming-bird ? It if was in a green bower in the ..."

4. Sketches in Crude Oil: Some Accidents and Incidents of the Petroleum by John James McLaurin (1896)
"A regular hummer, he is at home whether flaying monopolists, taking a ruffian's scalp, praising a pretty girl, writing a tearful obituary, dissecting a ..."

5. Reports of Decisions in Probate by James Vincent Coffey (1908)
"hummer, 12 B. Mon. 619. the table on which the witnesses wrote stood just behind the head of the lounge on which the testator lay, and four or five feet ..."

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