hummer

hummer

See also: Hummer

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌmə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

hum +‎ -er

Noun

hummer (plural hummers)

1. One who hums.
2. (informal) A humvee.
3. (informal) A type of vehicle resembling a jeep but bulkier.

   The newlyweds took a hummer limo back to their casino resort.

4. (informal) A hummingbird.
5. (informal) A humdinger.
6. (baseball) A fastball.
7. (slang) Fellatio in which the person performing the act vibrates their mouth by humming.
8. (slang) A very energetic or lively person, a powerful lively thing.
9. (slang) Something or someone exceptional of their type.
10. (slang, obsolete) An obvious lie.
11. (slang, obsolete) A liar.
12. (slang) An erection of the penis.

Noun

hummer (plural hummers)

1. (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.

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse humarr.

Noun

hummer c (singular definite hummeren, plural indefinite hummere)

1. lobster

Inflection

Declension of hummer

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hummer	hummeren	hummere	hummerne
genitive	hummers	hummerens	hummeres	hummernes

Noun

hummer n (singular definite hummeret, plural indefinite hummere)

1. den, hole

Inflection

Declension of hummer

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hummer	hummeret	hummere	hummerne
genitive	hummers	hummerets	hummeres	hummernes

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse humarr

Noun

hummer m (definite singular hummeren, indefinite plural hummere, definite plural hummerne)

1. a lobster (crustacean)

See also

• hummar (Nynorsk)

References

• “hummer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse humarr.

Noun

hummer c

1. lobster

Declension

Declension of hummer
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	hummer	hummern	humrar	humrarna
Genitive	hummers	hummerns	humrars	humrarnas

Related terms

• hummerklo
• hummertina

See also

• krabba
• kräfta