humvee

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/ˈhʌm.viː/[ˈhʌm.βiː][ˈhʌɱ.viː]

noun

A diesel-powered, four-wheel drive tactical military vehicle that can carry a wide variety of military hardware.

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Meanings

humvee1

nounhumvee (plural humvees)

plural humvees

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Humvee.

Humvee2

nounHumvee (plural Humvees)

plural Humvees · alternative humvee

  1. USgovernmentA diesel-powered, four-wheel drive tactical military vehicle that can carry a wide variety of military hardware.

    We went out into the streets of Zafaraniya, travelling in the usual two-Humvee convoy, complete with gunners.

    2003 November 24, The New Yorker
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    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.

    2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 3

    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.

    2015 June 16, Donald Trump, “Transcript: Donald Trump announces his presidential candidacy”, in CBS News

    Synonyms: HMMWV

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA diesel-powered, four-wheel drive tactical military vehicle that can carry a wide variety of military hardware.

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HMMWV

More synonyms by meaning

nouna high mobility, multipurpose, military vehicle with four-wheel drive

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Hum-Vee
Broader
military vehicle

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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

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Chicago

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