Definition of "Hummer"

Hummers are a somewhat unusual sight in New York. The kinds of people who like them as status symbols often don’t like the city’s narrow, messy street configurations, which can be hard for bulky vehicles to manage.

2022, N. K. Jemisin, The World We Make, Orbit, page 272

"The vehicle is called the 'Hummer,' a contrived abbreviation of its official designation, 'High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle.'"

1985, Andy Rooney, Pieces of my Mind‎, page 38

"The Hummer, a clumsy, elongated vehicle the Army intended as a replacement for the hardy Jeep, developed so many problems it became known as the Bummer."

1985, James Coates, Michael Kilian, Heavy Losses: The Dangerous Decline of American Defense‎, page 25

"He made a point of not taking federal money for the district -- though by 1986 he was bragging about landing an Army contract to build the Hummer vehicle for a South Bend company."

1987, Michael Barone, Grant Ujifusa, The Almanac of American Politics, 1988‎, page 403

"A Hummer can carry four people."

1994, World Book Inc., “Jeep”, in World Book Encyclopedia‎, vol. J, page 25