YourDictionary

bumming

Variant of bum

noun

  1. a vagrant, hobo, tramp, or beggar; specif., a shabby, often drunken derelict
  2. any shiftless or irresponsible person, loafer, idler, etc.
  3. a devotee, as of golf or skiing, who devotes so much time to the sport as to disrupt family life, career, etc.
  4. an incompetent person, esp. an athlete

intransitive verb bummed, bumming

  1. to live as a bum or vagrant
  2. to live by begging or sponging on people

transitive verb

Slang to get by begging or sponging; cadge: to bum a cigarette

adjective bummer, bummest

  1. poor in quality: bum cooking
  2. false, erroneous, or invalid: a bum steer, a bum rap
  3. lame or ailing: a bum leg

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

link/cite print suggestion box