Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hummer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hummer \Hum"mer\, n.
1. One who, or that which, hums; one who applauds by humming.
--Ainsworth.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A humming bird.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hummer
n 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" [syn: {fastball}, {heater}, {smoke}, {bullet}]
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