hummer

¹

[ huhm-er ]

noun

1. a person or thing that hums.
2. Slang. humdinger.
3. a hummingbird.

Hummer

²

[ huhm-er ]

Trademark.

1. a brand of SUV based on the military Humvee.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hummer¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; hum + -er ¹

Example Sentences

These strategies have not been reported before, likely because hummers maneuver too quickly for the human eye to see.

From Science Daily

Each spring I hang a nectar feeder in my backyard, then patiently await the first hummer.

From Washington Post

Those are the flowers where photographers want to catch the hummers.

From Washington Post

The researchers were surprised to find new colors in the hummers, which widened the known avian color gamut by 56% and included rarely seen saturated greens and blues, they report in Communications Biology.

From Science Magazine

Nixon had kept this a secret, The Washington Post columnist explained, because “he doesn’t want to go down in history as the first American President who was known as a nervous hummer.”

From Washington Post