hummer

hum·mer

H h

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [huhm-er]
- /ˈhʌm ər/
- /ˈhʌm.ər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [huhm-er]
- /ˈhʌm ər/

Definitions of hummer word

noun hummer a person or thing that hums. 1
noun hummer Slang. humdinger. 1
noun hummer a hummingbird. 1
noun hummer One who hums. 1
noun hummer sb who hums 1
noun hummer baseball: fast pitched ball 1

See all 15 definitions of hummer

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Origin of hummer

First appearance:

before 1595

One of the 38% oldest English words

First recorded in 1595-1605; hum + -er1

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Parts of speech for Hummer

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Hummer

hummer popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

hummer usage trend in Literature

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