Hummer
English
Alternative forms
- (HMMWV): hummer
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
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Noun
Hummer (plural Hummers)
- A brand of sport utility vehicles sold by General Motors, and by extension, any large similar vehicle.
- (military, slang) The HMMWV or Humvee, a US Army vehicle which replaced the Jeep.
- 1985, Andy Rooney, Pieces of my Mind [1], →ISBN, 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, 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, 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, page 25:
- "A Hummer can carry four people."
- 1985, Andy Rooney, Pieces of my Mind [1], →ISBN, page 38:
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.
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Etymology 2
German and West Frisian surname, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hugô, *hugiz (“mind”) + *mērijaz (“famous”). Related to Hugh and the first element of Merovingian.
Proper noun
Hummer
- A surname from German
Further reading
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hummer”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 215.
German
Etymology
16th century, from Middle Low German *hummer, itself from Old Norse humarr, perhaps through early Norwegian (as many lobsters were caught off the coast of Norway). From the same North Germanic source Modern Low German Hummer, Plautdietsch Humma, Dutch hommer.
Pronunciation
Noun
Hummer m (strong, genitive Hummers, plural Hummer)
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Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German hamar, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz. Cognate with German Hammer, Dutch hamer, English hammer, Icelandic hamar.
Pronunciation
Noun
Hummer m (plural Himmer)
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