Jeep vs. Hummer

Jeep vs. Hummer — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Jeep and Hummer

Jeepadjective

(military) Pertaining to utility or general purpose.

Hummernoun

One who hums.

Jeepnoun

A small, blocky, military-style vehicle with four-wheel drive, suited to rough terrain.

Hummernoun

(informal) A Humvee.

Jeepnoun

A light utility truck from WWII used by the U.S. Army, and subsequently turned into the trademark Jeep when civilianized by originating manufacturer Willys-Overland.

Hummernoun

A type of vehicle resembling a jeep but bulkier.

The newlyweds took a hummer limo back to their casino resort.
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Jeepnoun

(genericized trademark) A sport utility vehicle or similar four-wheel-drive vehicle.

Hummernoun

(informal) A hummingbird.

Jeepnoun

(corrosion) A device for detecting discontinuity in a protective coating, also called a "holiday detector"

Hummernoun

(informal) A humdinger.

Jeepnoun

A covered shopping cart, also called a "shopping stroller".

Hummernoun

(baseball) A fastball.

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Jeepverb

(ambitransitive) To travel by jeep.

Hummernoun

(slang) Fellatio in which the person performing the act vibrates their mouth by humming.

Jeepnoun

a car suitable for traveling over rough terrain

Hummernoun

(slang) A very energetic or lively person, a powerful lively thing.

Hummernoun

(slang) Something or someone exceptional of their type.

Hummernoun

An obvious lie.

Hummernoun

A liar.

Hummernoun

(slang) An erection of the penis.

Hummernoun

(slang) An arrest on false pretexts.

Hummernoun

a singer who produces a tune without opening the lips or forming words

Hummernoun

(baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity;

he swung late on the fastballhe showed batters nothing but smoke