hummer
noun
a person or thing that hums.
hummers
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pluralof hummer.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Calscape, the California Native Plant Society’s plant database, says there is no better single plant than California fuchsias for attracting hummers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2025
These strategies have not been reported before, likely because hummers maneuver too quickly for the human eye to see.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2023
Those are the flowers where photographers want to catch the hummers.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 11, 2022
The researchers were surprised to find new colors in the hummers, which widened the known avian color gamut by 56% and included rarely seen saturated greens and blues, they report in Communications Biology.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 6, 2022
The canines on these hummers were as big as the canines on any guard dog you’ll ever see, and that was a rude awakening.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
