bum

bum ¹  (bm)

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.

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.

Idiom:

on the bum

1. Living as a vagrant or tramp.

2. Out of order; broken.

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[Back-formation from bummer.]

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bum ²  (bm)

n. Chiefly British Slang

The buttocks.

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[Middle English bom.]

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bum ¹

Noun

Brit, Austral & NZ slang the buttocks or anus [origin unknown]

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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]

Thesaurus

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'" dirty dog, git, lowlife, puke, rotter, scum bag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot, crumb, rat 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" hobo, tramp dosser, street person - someone who sleeps in any convenient place drifter, vagrant, vagabond, floater - a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
	3.	bum - person who does no work; "a lazy bum" do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer 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) dallier, dilly-dallier, dillydallier, lounger, mope - someone who wastes time 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 lie-abed, slugabed - a person who stays in bed until a relatively late hour 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) sluggard, slug - an idle slothful person 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 torso, trunk, body - the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies"
Verb	1.	bum - ask for and get free; be a parasite cadge, grub, mooch, sponge 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" arse about, arse around, bum about, bum around, frig around, fuck off, loaf, loll around, lounge about, lounge around, waste one's time, loll laze, slug, idle, stagnate - be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"
Adj.	1.	bum - of very poor quality; flimsy cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny, cheap colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech inferior - of low or inferior quality

Translations

bum [bʌm] n (BRIT) (col) (= backside); culo: (= tramp); vagabundo;

(col) (esp US) (= idler); holgazán/ana m/f; flojo/a

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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

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bum [bʌm] (inf) n → Hintern m;

(esp US) (good-for-nothing) → Rumtreiber m;

(tramp) → Penner m

bum around (inf) vi → herumgammeln

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bum [bʌm] n (col) (= backside); culo (= tramp); vagabondo/a;

(US) (= idler); fannullone/a

bum around vi (col) → fare il vagabondo

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bum¹

n bum [bam]

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