Humvee

See also: humvee

English

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Etymology

Derived from the attempt to pronounce the acronym HMMWV (“High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhʌm.viː/, [ˈhʌm.βiː], [ˈhʌɱ.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.
    • 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.
    • 2003 November 24, The New Yorker:
      We went out into the streets of Zafaraniya, travelling in the usual two-Humvee convoy, complete with gunners.
    • 2015 June 16, Donald Trump, “Transcript: Donald Trump announces his presidential candidacy”, in CBS News‎[1]:
      Last week, I read 2,300 Humvees—these are big vehicles—were left behind for the enemy. 2,000? You would say maybe two, maybe four? 2,300 sophisticated vehicles, they ran, and the enemy took them.

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