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单词 hummer
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hummer

noun

hum·​mer ˈhə-mər How to pronounce hummer (audio)
1
: one that hums
2
: hummingbird
3
: humdinger
4
: fastball

Synonyms

  • bootstrapper
  • go-ahead
  • go-getter
  • highflier
  • highflyer
  • hustler
  • live wire
  • powerhouse
  • self-starter
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Example Sentences

A hummer was feeding at the flowers. he's a real hummer when it comes to getting new clients for his advertising agency
Recent Examples on the Web And naturally, the only way to be comfortable was riding a stretch hummer the length of a city block. Jodi Walker, EW.com, 25 Oct. 2021 The hummers usually find it within a week and keep coming back, often the same date, for years on their migratory routes. Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 29 Mar. 2020 Once in a while somebody catches a snakehead, but these ho-hummers don’t seem to be in any hurry to take over the nation’s waterways. Colin Moore, Outdoor Life, 7 Feb. 2020 Two summer-flowering shade perennials are sure to draw the hummers. Earl Nickel, SFChronicle.com, 18 Oct. 2019 Whereas ordinary birds pull themselves aloft with just the downstroke of their wings, insects and hummers generate lift in both directions. Jonathon Keats, Discover Magazine, 21 June 2019 Most of the birds arriving on Fort Morgan are coming from Mexico, Central America, or even South America, even the tiny hummers. Ben Raines, AL.com, 20 Apr. 2018 Found only in Cuba, the itty-bitty bee hummingbird, the world’s smallest bird, weighing less than a dime, is adapted to drink nectar from flowers too small for any other hummer. National Geographic, 18 Apr. 2018 But the tiniest of these hummers was the one that elicited the most excitement: a Festive coquette, an extremely rare green-crested bird with a white rump patch, only three inches long. James F. Mccarty, cleveland.com, 13 Feb. 2018 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1605, in the meaning defined at sense 1

hummer

noun

1
as in powerhouse
an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired he's a real hummer when it comes to getting new clients for his advertising agency

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • powerhouse
  • hustler
  • highflyer
  • achiever
  • highflier
  • go-getter
  • live wire
  • go-ahead
  • bootstrapper
  • eager beaver
  • doer
  • self-starter
  • comer
  • enterpriser
  • individualist
  • he-man

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • idler
  • loafer
  • drone
  • lounger
  • dawdler
  • goldbrick
  • trifler
  • shirker
  • putterer
  • sluggard
  • slacker
  • lingerer
  • procrastinator
  • lazybones
  • loiterer
  • laggard
  • slowpoke
  • malingerer
  • dreamer
  • neglecter
  • dallier
  • ignorer
  • daydreamer
  • dropout
  • quitter
  • stick-in-the-mud
  • ne'er-do-well
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2
as in dream
something very good of its kind this is the author's first mystery novel, and it's a hummer

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • dream
  • beauty
  • peach
  • daisy
  • wonder
  • snorter
  • marvel
  • humdinger
  • sweetheart
  • beaut
  • honey
  • phenomenon
  • pippin
  • ripper
  • dilly
  • gem
  • hot stuff
  • knockout
  • ripsnorter
  • lollapalooza
  • doozer
  • crackerjack
  • crackajack
  • jewel
  • something else
  • corker
  • sensation
  • lulu
  • dandy
  • nifty
  • diamond
  • cat's meow
  • pip
  • imperial
  • doozy
  • doozie
  • sockdologer
  • sockdolager
  • prodigy
  • bee's knees
  • standout
  • catch
  • plum
  • pearl
  • jim-dandy
  • crown jewel
  • treasure

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • lemon
  • turkey
  • loser
  • bust
  • failure
  • disappointment
  • flop
  • stinker
  • dud
  • letdown
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