Hummer

See also hummer, and HMMWV

English

A Hummer H1.

Noun

Wikipedia Hummer (plural Hummers)

1. A brand of sport utility vehicles sold by General Motors, and by extension, any large similar vehicle
2. (military, slang) The HMMWV or Humvee, a US Army vehicle which replaced the Jeep
   • 1985, Andy Rooney, Pieces of my Mind [1], 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 [2], 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 [3], 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 [4], ISBN 0716600943, page 25:

     "A Hummer can carry four people."

3. (ornithology) Alternative spelling of hummer.
   • 1868, Titus Fey Cronise, The Natural Wealth of California [5], page 458:

     "The Purple-Throated Hummer is green, with the throat a brilliant violet-purple."

Translations

sport utility vehicle

• Chinese: 悍馬汽車, 悍马汽车 (Hànmǎ qìchē)
• Hebrew: האמר (hamer) m

• Japanese: ハマー (ja) (hamā)
• Marathi: हमर (mr) (hamara) f
• Russian: Хаммер (ru) (xámmer) m

Usage notes

Since the introduction of the civilian Hummer in the 1990s, this term has ceased to be used for the military vehicle; the term "Humvee" is typically used instead.

Proper noun

Hummer

1. A surname of German origin

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German

Etymology

From a Scandinavian language such as Norwegian, from Old Norse humarr (“lobster”). German Low German Hummer (and Plautdietsch Humma (“lobster”)) are from the same source. The term came to be used because many lobsters were caught off the coast of Norway.

Noun

Hummer m

1. lobster

See also

• Panzerkrebs m

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Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /humɐ/

Noun

Hummer m (plural Himmer)

1. hammer