Hummer

• (HMMWV): hummer

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhʌmɚ/

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 , →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 , →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 , →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 , →ISBN, page 25:

     "A Hummer can carry four people."

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.

• HMMWV
• Humvee / humvee

• MRAP
• jeep

Hummer

1. A surname​ of German origin

Via Middle Low German from a Scandinavian source, probably Norwegian since many lobsters were caught off the coast of Norway. Ultimately from Old Norse humarr (“lobster”). Compare German Low German Hummer, Plautdietsch Humma (“lobster”), Dutch hommer.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʊmɐ/

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• Rhymes: -ʊmɐ

Hummer m (genitive Hummers, plural Hummer)

1. lobster

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• Hummer in Duden online

From Old High German hamar, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz. Cognate with German Hammer, Dutch hamer, English hammer, Icelandic hamar.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhumeʀ/, [ˈhumɐ]

Hummer m (plural Himmer)

1. hammer