1. a very small brightly colored bird with a long thin bill that can hover in the air by beating its wings very rapidly

Examples

• A tiny hummingbird hovered near the red flowers in our garden.
• Hummingbirds can beat their wings up to 80 times per second.
• We filled the feeder with sugar water to attract hummingbirds.
• The ruby-throated hummingbird is common in eastern North America.
• She watched the hummingbird dart quickly from bloom to bloom.
• Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backwards.
• The iridescent green hummingbird gleamed in the sunlight.