bum
☆ bum (bum)
noun
- a vagrant, hobo, tramp, or beggar; specif., a shabby, often drunken derelict
- any shiftless or irresponsible person, loafer, idler, etc.
- a devotee, as of golf or skiing, who devotes so much time to the sport as to disrupt family life, career, etc.
- an incompetent person, esp. an athlete
Etymology: < bummer, prob. < Ger bummler, loafer, habitually tardy person < bummeln, to go slowly, waste time
intransitive verb bummed, bum′·ming
- to live as a bum or vagrant
- to live by begging or sponging on people
transitive verb
Slang to get by begging or sponging; cadge to bum a cigarette
adjective bum′·mer, bum′·mest
- poor in quality bum cooking
- false, erroneous, or invalid a bum steer, a bum rap
- lame or ailing a bum leg
bum someone out
☆Slang to upset, distress, annoy, depress, bore, etc. someone
give (or get) the bum's rush
Slang to eject (or be ejected) forcibly
on the bum
Informal- living as a vagrant
- out of repair; broken
bum (bum)
noun
Brit., Slang the buttocks
Etymology: ME bom < ? botem, bottom, as Du dial. boem < bodem, & obs. E bummery for bottomry
Preposition: on
- pew: This will keep the music exciting for both organists and clergy and get toes tapping with bums on pews.
- seat: Every bum on every seat out there has given money to charity.
Converse of object
- put: In the end, what puts bums on seats is a hit.
Adjective modifier
- numb: There are five main problems with this chair: I get a numb bum.
- yer: How sore would the firework up yer bum be?
- sore: Josie has a sore bum again, poor little soul.
- drunken: You know, if you think that Satan's man is a drunken bum, you've got it wrong.
- lazy: I finally got tired of the open windows in Opera so I got off my lazy bum and posted them.
- bare: I nearly died wen i saw this guys bare bum!
Modifies a noun
- mlynedd: Cawsom bum mlynedd i roi prawf ar y gweithdrefnau sydd gennym yn awr, ac nid ydynt wedi gweithio'n dda.
- rap: I hate for them to get a bum rap like this.
- bag: The start comes all too soon with Margaret still trying to stuff her jacket into an already bulging bum bag.
- fur: Abdul the camel seemed happy enough tho, despite his smoking bum fur.
- note: A chap called Phil was playing lead guitar, never hit a bum note, played a perfect set.
- look: A friend asks: " Does my bum look big in this?
Followed by an intransitive particle
- around: So the prospect of bumming around on a beach has no appeal, and culture isn't your thing; you want adventure.
Possessives
- rush: Let's hope the British public gives her the bum's rush she so richly deserves.
Noun used with modifier
The madman bum and angel beat inTime, unknown, yet putting down here what might be left to say in time come after death.
Youdon't understand.Icould havehad class.Icould have been a contender. I could have been somebodyö instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it.
Browse dictionary entries near bum
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- bully tree
- bully pulpit
- bully boy
- bully
- bullwhip
- bumbailiff
- bumbershoot
- bumble
- bumblebee
- bumboat
- bumf
- bummed
- bummer
- bump
- bump into
