hummer

2 definitions found

hummer - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hummer \Hum"mer\, n.
     1. One who, or that which, hums; one who applauds by humming.
        --Ainsworth.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Zool.) A humming bird.
        [1913 Webster]

hummer - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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, hummer, bullet]