hummer

== English == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ʌmə(ɹ) === Etymology 1 === From hum +‎ -er. ==== Noun ==== hummer (plural hummers) One who hums. (informal) A Humvee. A type of vehicle resembling a jeep but bulkier. (informal) A hummingbird. (informal) A humdinger; something or someone exceptional or outstanding of their type. A machine that runs particularly well and smoothly. (slang) A very energetic or lively person; a powerful lively thing. (slang, dated) A place, event etc. that is bustling or full of activity. [early 20th century] Something that generates a lot of attention, talk, and excitement. (baseball) A fastball. (slang) Fellatio, especially when the person performing the act vibrates their mouth by humming. Someone who upsets or irritates others; a trouble-maker or controversial figure. (slang, obsolete, usually as "on the hummer") The condition of having no money. (slang, obsolete) An admirer. A tantrum or fuss. (slang, obsolete) A lie or tall tale. (slang, obsolete) A liar. (slang) Something that smells very bad. === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Perhaps from humbug, which has the same sense?”) ==== Noun ==== hummer (plural hummers) (slang) An arrest on false pretexts. == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Norse humarr. === Noun === hummer c (singular definite hummeren, plural indefinite hummere) lobster ==== Inflection ==== === Noun === hummer n (singular definite hummeret, plural indefinite hummere) den, hole ==== Inflection ==== == Ingrian == === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈhumːer/, [ˈhumːe̞r] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈhumːer/, [ˈhumːe̞r] Rhymes: -umːer Hyphenation: hum‧mer === Noun === hummer alternative form of hummar ==== Declension ==== === References === Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 73 == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse humarr. === Pronunciation === === Noun === hummer m (definite singular hummeren, indefinite plural hummere, definite plural hummerne) a lobster (crustacean) === See also === hummar (Nynorsk) === References === “hummer” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse humarr. === Noun === hummer c lobster ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== krabba (“crab”) kräfta (“crayfish”) === Further reading === “hummer”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) hummer in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)