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Etymology

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From hum (noise) +‎ buck (resist, overcome) +‎ -er.

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humbucker (plural humbuckers)

  1. (music) A pickup, on an electric guitar, that has a pair of coils of reverse polarity connected in series in order to reduce buzzing noise caused by mains frequency.

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