Humvee

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English

a Humvee.

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Etymology

Derived from the attempt to pronounce the acronym HMMWV: The 'High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle.'

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhʌm.viː/, ,
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

Humvee (plural Humvees)

  1. (US, military) A diesel-powered, four-wheel drive tactical military vehicle that can carry a wide variety of military hardware.
    • 2003 November 24, The New Yorker:
      We went out into the streets of Zafaraniya, travelling in the usual two-Humvee convoy, complete with gunners.
    • 2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 3:
      Stores, dealerships, galleries struggled to satisfy the skyrocketing demand for ever more recherché produce: limited-edition olive oils, three-hundred-dollar corkscrews, customized Humvees, the latest anti-virus software, escort services featuring contortionists and twins, video installations, outsider art, featherlight shawls made from the chin-fluff of extinct mountain goats.

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