hummer
See also: Hummer
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
hummer (plural hummers)
- One who hums.
- (informal) A Humvee.
- A type of vehicle resembling a jeep but bulkier.
- The newlyweds took a hummer limo back to their casino resort.
- (informal) A hummingbird.
- (informal) A humdinger.
- (baseball) A fastball.
- (slang) Fellatio in which the person performing the act vibrates their mouth by humming.
- (slang) A very energetic or lively person, a powerful lively thing.
- (slang) Something or someone exceptional of their type.
- (slang, obsolete) An obvious lie.
- (slang, obsolete) A liar.
- (slang) An erection of the penis.
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Perhaps from humbug, which has the same sense?”)
Noun
hummer (plural hummers)
- (slang) An arrest on false pretexts.
- 2008, Joseph Wambaugh, The New Centurions:
- She mentioned the cute little Eyetalian cop that booked her on a hummer.
Danish
Etymology
Noun
hummer c (singular definite hummeren, plural indefinite hummere)
Inflection
Declension of hummer
Noun
hummer n (singular definite hummeret, plural indefinite hummere)
Inflection
Declension of hummer
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
hummer m (definite singular hummeren, indefinite plural hummere, definite plural hummerne)
- a lobster (crustacean)
See also
- hummar (Nynorsk)
References
- “hummer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
Noun
hummer c
Declension
| Declension of hummer | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | hummer | hummern | humrar | humrarna |
| Genitive | hummers | hummerns | humrars | humrarnas |
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