bum 1 (b m)n. 1. A tramp; a vagrant. 2. A lazy or shiftless person, especially one who seeks to live solely by the support of others. 3. An incompetent, insignificant, or obnoxious person: The batter called the pitcher a bum. 4. One who is devoted to a particular activity or milieu: a beach bum. v. bummed, bum·ming, bums v.intr. 1. To live by begging and scavenging from place to place. Often used with around. 2. To loaf. v.tr. 1. To acquire by begging; cadge. See Synonyms at cadge. 2. Slang To depress, dishearten, or dismay. Often used with out. adj. Idiom: 1. Inferior; worthless: gave me bum advice; did a bum job of fixing the car. 2. Disabled; malfunctioning: a bum shoulder. 3. Unfavorable or unfair: got a bum deal on my final grade for the course. 4. Unpleasant; lousy: had a bum time at the party. on the bum 1. Living as a vagrant or tramp. 2. Out of order; broken. [Back-formation from bummer.] |
| bum 2 (bm) n. Chiefly British Slang The buttocks. [Middle English bom.] |
bum1
n
Brit slang the buttocks or anus
[of uncertain origin]
bum2 Informal
n
1. a disreputable loafer or idler
2. a tramp; hobo
3. an irresponsible, unpleasant, or mean person
4. a person who spends a great deal of time on a specified sport baseball bum
on the bum
a. living as a loafer or vagrant
b. out of repair; broken
vb bums, bumming, bummed
1. (tr) to get by begging; cadge to bum a lift
2. (intr; often foll by around) to live by begging or as a vagrant or loafer
3. (intr; usually foll by around) to spend time to no good purpose; loaf; idle
bum (someone) off US and Canadian slang to disappoint, annoy, or upset (someone)
adj
1. (prenominal) of poor quality; useless
2. wrong or inappropriate a bum note
[probably shortened from earlier bummer a loafer, probably from German bummeln to loaf]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  bum - a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'"disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable |
| 2. |  bum - a disreputable vagrant; "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums"dosser, street person - someone who sleeps in any convenient place | |
| 3. |  bum - person who does no work; "a lazy bum"nonworker - a person who does nothing clock watcher - a worker preoccupied with the arrival of quitting time couch potato - an idler who spends much time on a couch (usually watching television) dawdler, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke, drone - someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind daydreamer, woolgatherer - someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, no-account, goldbrick - an idle worthless person lazybones - a lazy person loon - a worthless lazy fellow shirker, slacker - a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime) spiv - a person without employment who makes money by various dubious schemes; goes about smartly dressed and having a good time sunbather - someone who basks in the sunshine in order to get a suntan trifler - one who behaves lightly or not seriously whittler - someone who whittles (usually as an idle pastime) | |
| 4. |  bum - the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"arse, ass, behind, buns, buttocks, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, derriere, fanny, rear end, tooshie, tush, seat, fundament, backside, bottom, rump, stern, tail end, tail, rear, can, butt body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity | |
| Verb | 1. | bum - ask for and get free; be a parasite obtain - come into possession of; "How did you obtain the visa?" freeload - live off somebody's generosity; "This young man refuses to work and is freeloading" |
| 2. | bum - be lazy or idle; "Her son is just bumming around all day" | |
| Adj. | 1. | bum - of very poor quality; flimsy colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech inferior - of low or inferior quality |
bum1 (Brit. informal)
noun bottom, backside, buttocks, behind (informal), rear, arse (taboo slang), ass (U.S. & Canad. taboo slang), seat, tail (informal), butt (U.S. & Canad. informal), buns (U.S. slang), rump, rear end, posterior, derrière (euphemistic), tush (U.S. slang), fundament, jacksy (Brit. slang) Does my bum look big in this dress?
bum2
noun
1. (Informal) vagrant, tramp, derelict, drifter, down-and-out, hobo (chiefly U.S.), vagabond, bag lady (chiefly U.S.), dosser (Brit. slang) A bum, a derelict, is what he looked like.
2. (Informal) loafer, lounger, piker (Austral. & N.Z. slang), dodger, drone, slouch (informal), shirker, slacker, couch potato (slang), sloth, laggard, time-waster, layabout, deadbeat (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), skiver (Brit. slang), idler, malingerer, sluggard, bludger (Austral. & N.Z. informal), clock-watcher, slugabed, Weary Willie (informal), lazybones You're all a bunch of bums.
adjective
(Informal) bad, poor, inadequate, pathetic, inferior, duff (Brit. informal), unsatisfactory, defective, deficient, imperfect, low-rent (informal, chiefly U.S.), poxy (slang), chickenshit (U.S. slang), pants (informal) He knows you're getting a bum deal.
verb
(Informal) scrounge, cadge, beg, touch (someone) for (slang), blag (slang), sorn (Scot.), freeload (slang) Mind if I bum a cigarette?
bum around (Informal) hang around, idle, take it easy, lie around, loiter, laze around, loaf around She went off to bum around in Europe with a boyfriend.
Translations
bum1 [bʌm]
bum2 [bʌm]
bum2 [bʌm]
A. N (esp US) (= idler) → holgazán/ana m/f, vago/a m/f; (= tramp) → vagabundo/a m/f; (= scrounger) → gorrón/ona m/f; (as term of general disapproval) → vago/a m/f
to go or live on the bum [scrounger] → vivir de gorra; [tramp] → vagabundear
to give sb the bum's rush → echar a algn a patadas
to go or live on the bum [scrounger] → vivir de gorra; [tramp] → vagabundear
to give sb the bum's rush → echar a algn a patadas
D. CPD bum deal N I knew I was getting a bum deal → sabía que se estaban aprovechando de mí
bum rap N → acusación f falsa
bum steer N → bulo m
bum rap N → acusación f falsa
bum steer N → bulo m
bum around VI + ADV → holgazanear
bum [ˈbʌm] n
(= backside) → derrière m
to put bums on seats (British) (= attract an audience) → remplir les salles
to put bums on seats (British) (= attract an audience) → remplir les salles
(= idler) → glandeur m >
bum around
vi (= travel) → vadrouiller
bum1
bum2 (inf)
n (esp Brit inf) → Hintern m (inf), → Popo m (inf); to put bums on seats (pop star etc) → ein Publikumsmagnet m → sein
bum2 (inf)
n (esp US)
(= good-for-nothing) → Rumtreiber m (inf); (young) → Gammler m; (= down-and-out) → Penner m (inf), → Pennbruder m (inf)
(= despicable person) → Saukerl m (inf)
to be on the bum → schnorren (inf); he’s always on the bum for cigarettes → er schnorrt immer Zigaretten (inf)
adj (= bad) → beschissen (inf); trick → hundsgemein (inf); bum rap (US inf) → Gemeinheit f, → unfaire Kritik; (= false charge) → falsche Anschuldigung; to get a bum rap → unfair behandelt werden; → zu Unrecht beschuldigt werden; to give somebody a bum steer (US inf) → jdn auf die falsche Fährte locken
bum1 [bʌm] n (Brit) (fam) (bottom) → culo
bum1 [bʌm] n (Brit) (fam) (bottom) → culo
bum2 [bʌm] (fam)
bum2 [bʌm] (fam)
bum1 [bʌm] n (Brit) (fam) (bottom) → culo
bum2 [bʌm] (fam)
1. n (esp Am) (idler) → fannullone/a; (tramp) → barbone/a, vagabondo/a
3. vt (money, food) → scroccare
bum around vi + adv (fam) → vagabondare
bum2 [bʌm] (fam)
1. n (esp Am) (idler) → fannullone/a; (tramp) → barbone/a, vagabondo/a
3. vt (money, food) → scroccare
bum around vi + adv (fam) → vagabondare
n bum [bam]
the buttocks. agterent, sitvlak عَجيزَه، كَفَل، مُؤَخَّرَه задник zadek, zadnice rumpe; bagdel; røv der Hintern πισινός culo, trasero taguots, kannikad نشیمنگاه takapuoli cul יַשְבָן गुमड़ा stražnjica fenék bokong didietro 尻 궁둥이 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
bum2
n bum [bam]
(especially American) a tramp or worthless person He doesn't work – he's just a bum. leeglêer, boemelaar المُتَبَطِّل، المُتَسَكِّع скитник vandrák; flákač bums der Streuner ακαμάτης, αλήτης vago paadialune ولگرد؛ لاابالی pummi vaurien קַבּצַן गुमड़ा propalica csavargó orang gelandangan fannullone 浮浪者 게으름쟁이 valkata klaidonis; slaists hidup bergelandangan schooier boms, landstryker, loffer włóczęga, próżniak vadio pierde-vară бродяга; бездельник vandrák, tulák lenuh skitnica luffare, utslagen [] คนไม่มีคุณค่า serseri 無業遊民 нероба, шалапут آوارہ گرد ، مفت خورہ kẻ ăn không ngồi rồi 游民
adj
worthless a bum job. nuttelose تافِه، لا قيمَةَ لَه безполезен mizerný totalt elendigt; lorte- wertlos ανάξιος, ασήμαντος inútil, que no vale vilets بی فایده arvoton minable חָסַר עֶרֶך मूल्यहीन beskorisan értéktelen tak berharga misero くだらない 하찮은 menkavertis nevērtīgs sia-sia rot- elendig do niczego inútil prost, mizerabil дрянной mizerný zanič loš usel, värdelös ไม่มีคุณค่า kötü, fena 無價值的 поганий, низької якості بے کار ، ناا ہل vô dụng 无价值的
bum → عربيد prdýlka bums Hintern πισινός vago takapuoli fesses skitnica barbone お尻 궁둥이 achterste stomp zadek nádegas зад rumpa ก้น kıç mông đít 游荡者
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