humvee

noun

1. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of Humvee.
2. (US)A diesel-powered, four-wheel drive tactical military vehicle that can carry a wide variety of military hardware.

   “Stores, dealerships, galleries struggled to satisfy the skyrocketing demand for ever more recherché produce: limited-edition olive oils, three-hundred-dollar corkscrews, customized Humvees, the latest anti-virus software, escort services featuring contortionists and twins, video installations, outsider art, featherlight shawls made from the chin-fluff of extinct mountain goats.”

   “We went out into the streets of Zafaraniya, travelling in the usual two-Humvee convoy, complete with gunners.”

   “Last week, I read 2,300 Humvees—these are big vehicles—were left behind for the enemy. 2,000? You would say maybe two, maybe four? 2,300 sophisticated vehicles, they ran, and the enemy took them.”