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hummer

hum·mer

US/ˈhʌmɚ/ uncommon dated informal obsolete slang

noun

1.

a singer who produces a tune without opening the lips or forming words

2.

(baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity

  • “he swung late on the fastball”
  • “he showed batters nothing but smoke”
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Origin

From the German and West Frisian surname, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hugô, *hugiz (“mind”) + *mērijaz (“famous”). Related to Hugh and the first element of Merovingian.

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