# humbucker

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #93,806

## Definitions
1. A pickup, on an electric guitar, that has a pair of coils of reverse polarity connected in series in order to reduce buzzing noise caused by mains frequency.

## Etymology
From hum (“noise”) + buck (“resist, overcome”) + -er.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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