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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

Origin: < bummer, prob. < Ger bummler, loafer, habitually tardy person < bummeln, to go slowly, waste time

intransitive verb bummed, bumming

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

transitive verb

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