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Meanings of hummer in English

(Baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity.

Usage of hummer in English
1
The question was whether she would have time for a quick hummer.
Disciple of the dog
2
He's sure a hummer, all right, when he chooses to play straight.
The Chums of Scranton High at Ice Hockey
3
And when your first vacation comes we'll make it a hummer.
Her Father's Daughter
4
Spears had called the turn when he said the trip would be a hummer.
The Redheaded Outfield, and Other Baseball Stories
5
Robert Grant Burns himself had mentally called it a hummer.
Jean of the Lazy A
6
I made Ophir, and by God, she was a sure hummer- Ibegyour pardon.
Burning Daylight
7
The hummer he'd been following came down on its side to Gruen's left, wheels burning.
Pandemonium
8
He would make a hummer of a salesman, if I am any judge of men.
Analyzing Character / The New Science of Judging Men; Misfits in...
9
You're certainly a hummer from the word go, and I reckon we'd better go home.
Danger Signals / Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the...
10
His car is what he calls a hummer.
Mavericks
11
I'm going to make you a regular hummer.
Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life
12
She certainly could sit her horse, was his thought, and she was a sure enough hummer.
Burning Daylight
13
If the Rube takes his wife on that trip it's goin' to be an all-fired hummer.
The Redheaded Outfield, and Other Baseball Stories
14
She's a sure hummer when she gets started.
Burning Daylight
15
Three long hearty cheers, lads, and a hummer!
Deadwood Dick, the Prince of the Road; or, The Black Rider of th...
16
A hummer promptly arrives 35 minutes later.
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