Humvee
See also: humvee
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/, [ˈhʌm.βiː], [ˈhʌɱ.viː]
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Noun
Humvee (plural Humvees)
- (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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