Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A trademark for a durable wide-bodied vehicle with four-wheel drive.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A brand of
sport utility vehicles sold by General Motors, and by extension, any large similarvehicle - noun military, slang The HMMWV or
Humvee , a US Army vehicle which replaced theJeep - noun ornithology Alternative spelling of
hummer . - proper noun A
surname of German origin
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Examples
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I've read that a Hummer is actually more "environmentally friendly" than a Prius.
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If the Hummer is an H-2, it's not even close -- I'll take the jeep.
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The owner of a Hummer is a despicable and selfish individual who deserves our moral condemnation.
Oil Import Tariff?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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I've read that a Hummer is actually more "environmentally friendly" than a Prius. truth is, that depends on where the electricity comes from. often, a Prius has a "long tailpipe" that emits its exhaust at a coal-powered plant/dam/etc.
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If the Hummer is an H-2, it's not even close -- I'll take the jeep.
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A doctor buying a Hummer is a good thing as someone has to build the car, make the parts, forge the steel, mine the steel etc ...
Reagan's Economics in Context, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Hummer is too wide, too tall, too heavy, too uneconomical, and too hard to see out of.
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Then Joe Blow taking the bus to work instead of driving alone in his Hummer is not an effective solution for climate change, either.
Matthew Yglesias » Vancouver Suffering From Snow Shortage 2010
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Then Joe Blow taking the bus to work instead of driving alone in his Hummer is not an effective solution for climate change, either.
Matthew Yglesias » Vancouver Suffering From Snow Shortage 2010
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Hummer is too wide, too tall, too heavy, too uneconomical, and too hard to see out of.
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