Hummer — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

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

(baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hˈʌmɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/hˈʌmə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/hˈʌmə/

2 syllables Say it as /hˈʌmɚ/.

Examples

he swung late on the fastball
he showed batters nothing but smoke

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

heater smoke bullet fastball

Parts of Speech

noun	a singer who produces a tune without opening the lips or forming words
noun	(baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity “he swung late on the fastball”

Word Forms

hum

verb

sing with closed lips

Around the World

Europe

🇷🇺Russian

Хаммер

певец, исполняющий мелодию, не раскрывая губ и не произнося слов

India

🇮🇳Hindi

हथौड़ा

एक गायक जो बिना होंठ खोले या शब्द बनाए धुन तैयार करता है

🇧🇩Bengali

হামার

একজন গায়ক যিনি ঠোঁট না খুলে বা শব্দ গঠন না করে একটি সুর তৈরি করেন

🇮🇳Tamil

ஹம்மர்

உதடுகளைத் திறக்காமலோ அல்லது வார்த்தைகளை உருவாக்காமலோ இசையை உருவாக்கும் பாடகர்

🇮🇳Telugu

హమ్మర్

పెదవులు తెరవకుండా లేదా పదాలను రూపొందించకుండా ఒక ట్యూన్ ఉత్పత్తి చేసే గాయకుడు

🇮🇳Marathi

हमर

एक गायक जो ओठ न उघडता किंवा शब्द न बनवता सूर तयार करतो

🇮🇳Gujarati

હમર

એક ગાયક જે હોઠ ખોલ્યા વિના અથવા શબ્દો બનાવ્યા વિના સૂર બનાવે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹಮ್ಮರ್

ತುಟಿಗಳನ್ನು ತೆರೆಯದೆ ಅಥವಾ ಪದಗಳನ್ನು ರೂಪಿಸದೆ ರಾಗವನ್ನು ಉತ್ಪಾದಿಸುವ ಗಾಯಕ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഹമ്മർ

ചുണ്ടുകൾ തുറക്കാതെയോ വാക്കുകൾ രൂപപ്പെടുത്താതെയോ ഒരു രാഗം പുറപ്പെടുവിക്കുന്ന ഗായകൻ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

悍马

无需张开嘴唇或形成词句就能创作出一首曲子的歌手

🇯🇵Japanese

ハマー

唇を開いたり言葉を作ったりすることなく曲を生み出す歌手

🇰🇷Korean

멋진 것

입술을 열거나 말을 하지 않고 곡을 만들어내는 가수

🇹🇭Thai

ฮัมเมอร์

นักร้องที่แต่งเพลงโดยไม่เปิดปากหรือแต่งเนื้อร้อง

🇮🇩Indonesian

palu

seorang penyanyi yang menghasilkan nada tanpa membuka bibir atau membentuk kata-kata

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

هامر

المغني الذي ينتج لحنًا دون فتح الشفاه أو تشكيل الكلمات

🇮🇷Persian

هامر

خواننده ای که آهنگی را بدون بازکردن لب ها یا ساختن کلمات تولید می کند

🇮🇱Hebrew

האמר

זמר שמפיק מנגינה מבלי לפתוח את השפתיים או ליצור מילים

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