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bum¹

(bŭm)

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 spends a lot of time doing a particular recreational activity: a beach bum; a ski 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 pass time idly; loaf. Often used with around.

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.

[Back-formation from bummer.]

bum²

(bŭm)

n. Chiefly British Slang

The buttocks.

[Middle English bom.]

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bum

(bʌm)

slang Brit the buttocks or anus

[C14: of uncertain origin]

bum

(bʌm)

1. a disreputable loafer or idler

2. a tramp; hobo

3. an irresponsible, unpleasant, or mean person

4. a person who spends a great deal of time on a specified sport: baseball bum.

5. on the bum

a. living as a loafer or vagrant

b. out of repair; broken

vb, bums, bumming or bummed

6. (tr) to get by begging; cadge: to bum a lift.

7. (often foll by: around) to live by begging or as a vagrant or loafer

8. (usually foll by: around) to spend time to no good purpose; loaf; idle

9. bum someone off slang US and Canadian to disappoint, annoy, or upset someone

adj

10. (prenominal) of poor quality; useless

11. wrong or inappropriate: a bum note.

[C19: probably shortened from earlier bummer a loafer, probably from German bummeln to loaf]

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bum¹

(bʌm)

n., v. bummed, bum•ming, n.

1. a person who avoids work and sponges on others; loafer; idler.

2. a tramp, hobo, or derelict.

3. Informal. a single-minded enthusiast of a specific sport: a ski bum.

4. Informal. an incompetent person.

v.t.

5. Informal. to borrow without expectation of returning; cadge.

v.i.

6. to sponge on others for a living.

7. to live as a hobo.

8. bum around, Informal. to spend time or wander aimlessly.

adj. Slang.

9. of poor or miserable quality; worthless.

10. disappointing; unpleasant.

11. false or misleading: a bum rap.

12. lame.

[1860–65, Amer.]

bum²

(bʌm)

n. Brit. Slang.

the buttocks.

[1350–1400; Middle English bom]

bum

Past participle: bummed
Gerund: bumming

Imperative
bum
bum

Present
I bum
you bum
he/she/it bums
we bum
you bum
they bum

Preterite
I bummed
you bummed
he/she/it bummed
we bummed
you bummed
they bummed

Present Continuous
I am bumming
you are bumming
he/she/it is bumming
we are bumming
you are bumming
they are bumming

Present Perfect
I have bummed
you have bummed
he/she/it has bummed
we have bummed
you have bummed
they have bummed

Past Continuous
I was bumming
you were bumming
he/she/it was bumming
we were bumming
you were bumming
they were bumming

Past Perfect
I had bummed
you had bummed
he/she/it had bummed
we had bummed
you had bummed
they had bummed

Future
I will bum
you will bum
he/she/it will bum
we will bum
you will bum
they will bum

Future Perfect
I will have bummed
you will have bummed
he/she/it will have bummed
we will have bummed
you will have bummed
they will have bummed

Future Continuous
I will be bumming
you will be bumming
he/she/it will be bumming
we will be bumming
you will be bumming
they will be bumming

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been bumming
you have been bumming
he/she/it has been bumming
we have been bumming
you have been bumming
they have been bumming

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been bumming
you will have been bumming
he/she/it will have been bumming
we will have been bumming
you will have been bumming
they will have been bumming

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been bumming
you had been bumming
he/she/it had been bumming
we had been bumming
you had been bumming
they had been bumming

Conditional
I would bum
you would bum
he/she/it would bum
we would bum
you would bum
they would bum

Past Conditional
I would have bummed
you would have bummed
he/she/it would have bummed
we would have bummed
you would have bummed
they would have bummed

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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, dillydallier, dilly-dallier, 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

bum

¹ (Brit. informal)

noun bottom, backside, buttocks, behind (informal), rear, arse (taboo slang), ass (U.S. & Canad. taboo slang), seat, tail (informal), butt (U.S. & Canad. informal), buns (U.S. slang), rump, rear end, posterior, derrière (euphemistic), tush (U.S. slang), fundament, jacksy (Brit. slang) Does my bum look big in this dress?

bum

noun

1. (Informal) vagrant, tramp, derelict, drifter, down-and-out, hobo (chiefly U.S.), vagabond, bag lady (chiefly U.S.), dosser (Brit. slang) A bum, a derelict, is what he looked like.

2. (Informal) loafer, lounger, piker (Austral. & N.Z. slang), dodger, drone, slouch (informal), shirker, slacker, couch potato (slang), sloth, laggard, time-waster, layabout, deadbeat (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), skiver (Brit. slang), idler, malingerer, sluggard, bludger (Austral. & N.Z. informal), clock-watcher, slugabed, Weary Willie (informal), lazybones You're all a bunch of bums.

adjective

1. (Informal) bad, poor, inadequate, pathetic, inferior, duff (Brit. informal), unsatisfactory, defective, deficient, imperfect, low-rent (informal, chiefly U.S.), poxy (slang), chickenshit (U.S. slang), pants (informal) He knows you're getting a bum deal.

verb

1. (Informal) scrounge, cadge, beg, touch (someone) for (slang), blag (slang), sorn (Scot.), freeload (slang) Mind if I bum a cigarette?

bum around (Informal) hang around, idle, take it easy, lie around, loiter, laze around, loaf around She went off to bum around in Europe with a boyfriend.

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bum¹

noun

A self-indulgent person who spends time avoiding work or other useful activity:

drone, fainéant, good-for-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer, ne'er-do-well, no-good, slugabed, sluggard, wastrel.

Informal: do-little, do-nothing, lazybones, slug.

Slang: slouch.

verb

1. To ask or ask for as charity:

beg, cadge.

Informal: panhandle.

Slang: mooch.

2. To pass time without working or in avoiding work.Also used with around:

idle, laze, loaf, loiter, lounge, shirk.

Slang: diddle, goldbrick, goof (off).

adjective

Below a standard of quality:

bad, poor, unsatisfactory.

Idioms: below par, not up to scratch.

bum²

noun

Chiefly British. The part of one's back on which one rests in sitting:

buttock (used in plural), derrière, posterior, rump, seat.

Informal: backside, behind, bottom, rear.

Slang: bun (used in plural), fanny, tush.

Translations

المُتَبَطِّل، المُتَسَكِّعتافِه، لا قيمَةَ لَهخَلْفعَجيزَه، كَفَل، مُؤَخَّرَه

zadekzadniceflákačmizernývandrák

bumslorte-røvrumpebagdel

Hintern Penner Steppke Streuner wertlos

πισινός

vago trasero vagabundo ano bichicome

takapuolihulttiopakaratpeppuperse

cul fesses minabletrou du culvaurien

stražnjica

flækingurlélegur, einskisverîurrass, sitjandi

deretano didietro fannullone scadente sedere

お尻

궁둥이

klaidonisnevērtīgssēžamvietaslaists

achterste anus billen bips dakloze

boms landstryker loffer stomp

zadek

cu nádegasnalgas

бич бичара зад

vandrák

rumpahäck

ก้น

kıç kötü serseri fena göt

mông

屁股无业游民无价值的

bum

¹ [bʌm]

A. N (Brit) (Anat) → culo m
to put bums on seats (Theat etc) → llenar el teatro or cine etc

B. CPD bum bag N → riñonera f
bum boy N (Brit) (pej) → maricón m

bum

² [bʌm]

A. N (esp US) (= idler) → holgazán/ana m/f, vago/a m/f; (= tramp) → vagabundo/a m/f; (= scrounger) → gorrón/ona m/f; (as term of general disapproval) → vago/a m/f
to go or live on the bum [scrounger] → vivir de gorra; [tramp] → vagabundear
to give sb the bum's rush → echar a algn a patadas

B. ADJ

1. (= worthless) → sin ningún valor

2. (esp US) (= false) → falso

C. VT [+ money, food] → gorrear
he bummed a cigarette off me → me gorreó un pitillo

D. CPD bum deal N I knew I was getting a bum deal → sabía que se estaban aprovechando de mí
bum rap N → acusación f falsa
bum steer N → bulo m

bum around VI + ADV → holgazanear

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bum

[ˈbʌm] n

(= backside) → derrière m
to put bums on seats (British) (= attract an audience) → remplir les salles

(= tramp) → vagabond(e) m/f, clodo m

(= idler) → glandeur m

bum around

(= travel) → vadrouiller

(= do nothing) → glander bum bag n (British) → banane f

bum

n (esp Brit inf) → Hintern m (inf), → Popo m (inf); to put bums on seats (pop star etc) → ein Publikumsmagnet m → sein

bum

² (inf)

n (esp US)

(= good-for-nothing) → Rumtreiber m (inf); (young) → Gammler m; (= down-and-out) → Penner m (inf), → Pennbruder m (inf)

(= despicable person) → Saukerl m (inf)

to be on the bum → schnorren (inf); he’s always on the bum for cigarettes → er schnorrt immer Zigaretten (inf)

adj (= bad) → beschissen (inf); trick → hundsgemein (inf); bum rap (US inf) → Gemeinheit f, → unfaire Kritik; (= false charge) → falsche Anschuldigung; to get a bum rap → unfair behandelt werden; → zu Unrecht beschuldigt werden; to give somebody a bum steer (US inf) → jdn auf die falsche Fährte locken

money, food → schnorren (inf) → (off sb bei jdm); could I bum a lift into town? → kannst du mich in die Stadt mitnehmen?; could I bum a smoke? → kann ich ’ne Kippe abstauben (inf) → or schnorren (inf)?

he bummed (his way) around Europe → er ist durch Europa gezogen (inf)

vi (= scrounge) → schnorren (inf) → (off sb bei jdm)

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bum

¹ [bʌm] n (Brit) (fam) (bottom) → culo

bum

² [bʌm] (fam)

1. n (esp Am) (idler) → fannullone/a; (tramp) → barbone/a, vagabondo/a

2. adj → scadente
bum advice → consiglio di merda (fam!)

3. vt (money, food) → scroccare

bum around vi + adv (fam) → vagabondare

bum¹

(bam) noun

the buttocks.

bum²

(bam) noun

(especially American) a tramp or worthless person. He doesn't work – he's just a bum.

adjective

worthless. a bum job.

bum

→ خَلْف zadek bums Hintern πισινός trasero, vago takapuoli fesses stražnjica sedere お尻 궁둥이 achterste stomp zadek nádegas зад rumpa ก้น kıç mông 屁股

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The children of the neighborhood recovered from the awe of the grand carriage which once had visited Martin, and from safe distances they called him "hobo" and "bum." The Silva tribe, however, stanchly defended him, fighting more than one pitched battle for his honor, and black eyes and bloody noses became quite the order of the day and added to Maria's perplexities and troubles.

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"The man with the red tie" (that was my cosmopolite), said he, "got hot on account of things said about the bum sidewalks and water supply of the place he come from by the other guy."

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The jackal then invigorated himself with a bum for his throttle, and a fresh application to his head, and applied himself to the collection of a second meal; this was administered to the lion in the same manner, and was not disposed of until the clocks struck three in the morning.

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And it never goes high up, or sharp, or squeaky, or scratchy, like some women's voices when they're mad, or fresh, or excited, till they remind me of a bum phonograph record.

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You ought to hev more sense than to bum araound on deck this weather."

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"A hell of a chance you two cheap bums 'd have with me."

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There were all the broken-down old bums and loafers I had bought drinks for.

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Then all day he was to pace the streets with hundreds and thousands of other homeless wretches inquiring at stores, warehouses, and factories for a chance; and at night he was to crawl into some doorway or underneath a truck, and hide there until midnight, when he might get into one of the station houses, and spread a newspaper upon the floor, and lie down in the midst of a throng of "bums" and beggars, reeking with alcohol and tobacco, and filthy with vermin and disease.

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Carla Bellucci has said she needs the bum lift for her mental health - and slammed the NHS for not offering her one.

Britain's 'most hated woman' crowdfunds for [pounds sterling]6k bum lift after NHS refused op; Carla Bellucci has said she needs the bum lift for her 'mental health' - and slammed the NHS for not offering her one for free

She said: "I was resting my bum (well, my back, because I am quite short) against one on my commute home this evening.

Londoners cannot agree over how many people should sit on the Tube's 'bum rests'; A passenger on the Victoria line was taken aback when a woman tried to share one with her

revealing how she can't stand her bum, and hates men catching a glimpse of her rear when they're making love.

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It was a Gold Coast native named Adam Francis, a professional surfer, who established the Sun Bum brand as a small company in 2010.

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