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bum 1 Noun Brit, Austral & NZ slang the buttocks or anus [origin unknown] bum 2 Informal Noun 1. a disreputable loafer or idler 2. a tramp; hobo Verb [bumming, bummed] 1. to get by begging; cadge: to bum a lift 2. bum around to spend time to no good purpose; loaf Adjective of poor quality; useless: he hit a bum note [probably from German bummeln to loaf]
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Translations bum [bʌm] n (inf) (Brit) (= backside); derrière m: (esp US) (= tramp); vagabond(e) → traîne-savates m/f inv: (= idler); glandeur m bum around vi (inf) → vagabonder bum [bʌm] (inf) n → Hintern m; (esp US) (good-for-nothing) → Rumtreiber m; (tramp) → Penner m bum around (inf) vi → herumgammeln n bum [bam] the buttocks. agterent, sitvlak عَجيزَه، كَفَل، مُؤَخَّرَه задник zadek, zadnice rumpe; bagdel; røv der Hintern πισινός culo, trasero taguots, kannikad نشیمنگاه pylly cul יַשְבָן गुमड़ा stražnjica fenék bokong didietro 尻 驩暳♣Ì užpakaliukas sēžamvieta; pakaļa buntut gat bak, rumpe zadek rabo dos зад(ница) zadok, prdelka rit zadnjica rumpa, ända ก้น kıç, göt 屁股 зад چوٹر mông đít 屁股 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| "The man with the red tie" (that was my cosmopolite), said he, "got hot on account of things said about the bum sidewalks and water supply of the place he come from by the other guy. The jackal then invigorated himself with a bum for his throttle, and a fresh application to his head, and applied himself to the collection of a second meal; this was administered to the lion in the same manner, and was not disposed of until the clocks struck three in the morning. And it never goes high up, or sharp, or squeaky, or scratchy, like some women's voices when they're mad, or fresh, or excited, till they remind me of a bum phonograph record. |
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