Hummer

hummer English thumb|A Hummer H1. Alternative forms HMMWV en hummer Etymology 1 en :af Humvee -er + 1 Pronunciation en /ˈhʌmɚ/ GA en ʌmə(ɹ) 2 Noun A brand of sport utility vehicles sold by General Motors, and by extension, any large similar vehicle. en 2022 w:N. K. Jemisin The World We Make Orbit 272 Hummers are a somewhat unusual sight in New York. The kinds of people who like them as status symbols often don’t like the city’s narrow, messy street configurations, which can be hard for bulky vehicles to manage. en military slang The HMMWV or Humvee, a US Army vehicle which replaced the Jeep. en 1985 Andy Rooney Pieces of my Mind http://books.google.com/books?id=Y_rPtSgzaZwC 38 0380698854 "The vehicle is called the 'Hummer,' a contrived abbreviation of its official designation, 'High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle.'" en 1985 James Coates; Michael Kilian Heavy Losses: The Dangerous Decline of American Defense http://books.google.com/books?id=Hr0dAAAAMAAJ 25 0670804843 "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." en 1987 Michael Barone; Grant Ujifusa The Almanac of American Politics, 1988 http://books.google.com/books?id=E4MYAAAAIAAJ 403 0892340371 "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." en 1994 World Book Inc. Jeep World Book Encyclopedia http://books.google.com/books?id=m_MvAAAAMAAJ 25 vol. J 0716600943 "A Hummer can carry four people." 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. Hyponyms en HMMWV en Humvee / humvee Translations sport utility vehicle Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 悍馬 Hànmǎ Hebrew: he האמר m hamer Japanese: ja ハマー hamā Marathi: mr हमर f Polish: pl Hummer m-an Russian: ru Ха́ммер m See also en MRAP en jeep Etymology 2 From the en de - and en fy - surname, ultimately from en gem-pro *hugô, gem-pro *hugiz mind + gem-pro *mērijaz famous. Related to en Hugh and the first element of en Merovingian. Proper noun en German Further reading en Military vehicles German Etymology 16th century, from de gml *hummer, itself from de non humarr, perhaps through early de no - (as many lobsters were caught off the coast of Norway). From the same North Germanic source Modern nds Hummer, pdt Humma, nl hommer. Pronunciation de /ˈhʊmɐ/ de De-Hummer.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de Hum mer de ʊmɐ 2 Noun m lobster Declension m See also de Panzerkrebs m Further reading de Crustaceans Seafood Luxembourgish Etymology From lb goh hamar, from lb gem-pro *hamaraz. Cognate with de Hammer, nl hamer, en hammer, is hamar. Pronunciation lb /ˈhumer/ [ˈhu.mɐ] Noun m Himmer hammer Further reading lb Tools