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Bygone vehicle known for its bad fuel economy
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hummer
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" Hummer " is the second single by Foals and is the first single with Yannis Philippakis on lead vocals (the previous lead vocalist was Andrew Mears). It was released on 12 March 2007. It was recorded and mixed by producer Gareth Parton at the Fortress ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, agent noun from hum (v.). Meaning "energetic person or thing" is 1680s; that of "excellent person or thing" is slang from 1907. As short for Humvee , attested from 1983.
Usage examples of hummer.
I want you to make certain that Therm and his bunch check out Hummers from the motor pool and that they have a good radio with them.
A combat vehicle like an outsized, lightly armored jeep, a hummer could carry quite a sting, up to and including pop-up launchers for TOW or Hellfire antitank missiles meant to take out much tougher targets than Mobile One.
Trinity River, now boasting a set of rapids it had never had before, Bernoulli recovered his detonator, got in his Hummer, and drove south.
As Travis pulled the Hummer in beside the rusting hulk of a pickup truck, a dog I later learned was a black-and-tan coonhound lifted his head and bounded down the steps.
Hundreds of Rebels in tanks and trucks and Jeeps and Hummers and self-propelled artillery surged forward, moving across the Oregon line into Northern California.
Harmony Hummers, get together to sing more popular stuff and they perform at various local bashes fetes and things.
Hummer, the colonel lit the main fuse for the Firebirds and swung the pod at the companions.
Hummers raked the defenders with machine guns, the pirates replying with flintlocks, cannons and crossbows.
Adrenaline pounded in his veins, giving the exhausted sec man the needed strength to stand and watch the convoy of Hummers appear around a curve in the road.
SILHOUETTED by the cold moonlight, something flew above the convoy of Hummers tearing along the jungle road, but Mitchum paid it no attention.
The fiery back-blast silhouetted the sec men and Hummers parked on the approaching cliff in stark clarity.
As his fury ebbed, the man turned toward the line of Hummers parked nearby.
Soon, they could land the Hummers and drive into the jungle after the outlanders.
Releasing the chains holding the Hummers in place, the sec man started the war wags, while the navvies tossed in bags of ammo, grens and the small portable Firebirds.
Wary of the lolling deck, the sailors drove the Hummers down the inclined metal into the shoals and then successfully onto the beach.