Noun: hummer hú-mu(r)
- (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity
"The pitcher unleashed a hummer that clocked at 98 mph";
- fastball, heater, smoke, bullet [N. Amer]
- A singer who produces a tune without opening the lips or forming words
"The talented hummer could recreate entire melodies without uttering a single lyric"
Derived forms: hummers
Type of: delivery, pitch, singer, vocaliser [Brit], vocalist, vocalizer
Encyclopedia: Hummer, John