Bum

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A tramp; a vagrant.
  • n. A lazy or shiftless person, especially one who seeks to live solely by the support of others.
  • n. An incompetent, insignificant, or obnoxious person: The batter called the pitcher a bum.
  • n. One who is devoted to a particular activity or milieu: a beach bum.
  • verb-intransitive. To live by begging and scavenging from place to place. Often used with around.
  • verb-intransitive. To loaf.
  • v. To acquire by begging; cadge. See Synonyms at cadge.
  • v. Slang To depress, dishearten, or dismay. Often used with out.
  • adj. Inferior; worthless: gave me bum advice; did a bum job of fixing the car.
  • adj. Disabled; malfunctioning: a bum shoulder.
  • adj. Unfavorable or unfair: got a bum deal on my final grade for the course.
  • adj. Unpleasant; lousy: had a bum time at the party.
  • idiom. on the bum Living as a vagrant or tramp.
  • idiom. on the bum Out of order; broken.
  • n. Chiefly British Slang The buttocks.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. to depress; to make unhappy
  • n. A humming noise.
  • n. The buttocks
  • n. (rare, Canada, US) The anus
  • n. A person
  • v. to sodomize; to engage in anal sex
  • n. A hobo; a homeless person, usually a man
  • n. A lazy, incompetent, or annoying person, usually a man
  • n. A player, usually a man, who often or usually plays poorly
  • n. A drinking spree.
  • v. To ask someone to give one (something) for free; to beg for something
  • v. To behave like a hobo or vagabond; to loiter
  • v. To wet the end of a marijuana cigarette (spliff)
  • adj. Of poor quality or highly undesirable.
  • adj. Unfair.
  • adj. Injured and without the possibility of full repair, defective.
  • adj. Unpleasant.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The buttock.
  • verb-intransitive. To make murmuring or humming sound.
  • v. To borrow without intention of returning; to cadge; ; -- usually with inexpensive items as the object.
  • n. A humming noise.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make a hollow noise; boom; hum; buzz.
  • To rush with a murmuring sound.
  • 3. To guzzle; drink.
  • To sponge on others for a living; lead an idle or dissolute life.
  • To dun.
  • To spin (a top).
  • To strike; beat.
  • n. An imitative word expressive of a droning or humming sound, as that made by the bee; a hum.
  • n. A drink.
  • n.
  • n. A drunken loafer; one who leads an idle, dissolute life; a bummer.
  • n. 4. A drunken spree; a debauch.
  • n. Hence A convivial meeting.
  • n. The buttocks; the part of the body on which one sits.
  • n. A bumbailiff; the follower or assistant of a bailiff.
  • Of poor quality; low-down: as, a bum show; a bum performance.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
  • v. ask for and get free; be a parasite
  • v. be lazy or idle
  • n. a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
  • n. a disreputable vagrant
  • n. person who does no work
  • adj. of very poor quality; flimsy
  • Equivalent
    inferior   
    Verb Form
    bummed    bumming    bums   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Variant
    bummed    bumming   
    Form
    bummed    bumming   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cadge    vagabond    idler    anus    buttocks    glutes    butt cheeks    tush    fanny    Zealand   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Brum    Krum    Mum    alum    become    brum    chum    clum    come    crum   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    beggar    whore    bastard    drunk    prostitute    addict