BUM

bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny

(adjective) of very poor quality; flimsy

buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass

(noun) 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?”

idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout, bum

(noun) person who does no work; “a lazy bum”

rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git

(noun) 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’”

tramp, hobo, bum

(noun) a vagrant; “a homeless tramp”; “he tried to help the really down-and-out bums”

mooch, bum, cadge, grub, sponge

(verb) ask for and get free; be a parasite

bum, bum around, bum about, arse around, arse about, fuck off, loaf, frig around, waste one's time, lounge around, loll, loll around, lounge about

(verb) be lazy or idle; “Her son is just bumming around all day”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

bum (plural bums)

The buttocks.

(informal, rare) The anus.

Usage notes

• In Canada, bum is considered the most appropriate term when speaking to young children, as in Everyone please sit on your bum and we'll read a story. In the United States, bum is not often used in this sense (though this may vary from dialect to dialect) except in conscious imitation of British English. The term butt is the most common term in North America except in professional contexts such as medical, legal, and scientific where buttocks is generally used or gluteus maximus, gluteus medius, etc. for the muscles specifically. Glutes is often used in sports medicine and bodybuilding. Ass (originally a dialectal variant of arse) is considered vulgar in North America, whereas backside, behind, and bottom are considered to be non-specific terms.

Synonyms

• (buttocks or anus): arse (UK, Irish, Australian, New Zealand, Canada), ass (North America), backside, behind, bottom, butt (North America), heinie (North America), fanny (North America), tush (North America), tushie (North America)

(buttocks specifically): butt cheeks (North America), buttocks (technical), nether cheek, arsecheek, asscheek, cheeks, glutes (muscles), gluteus maximus (primary muscles)

(anus specifically): anus (technical), arsehole (UK, Irish, Australian, New Zealand), asshole (North America)

• See also anus

Verb

bum (third-person singular simple present bums, present participle bumming, simple past and past participle bummed)

(UK, transitive, colloquial) To sodomize; to engage in anal sex.

Interjection

bum

(UK) An expression of annoyance.

Etymology 2

Noun

bum (plural bums)

(US, Canada, colloquial, sometimes, derogatory) A homeless person, usually a man.

(US, Canada, Australia, colloquial) A lazy, incompetent, or annoying person, usually a man.

(US, Canada, Australia, colloquial, sports) A player or racer who often performs poorly.

(colloquial) A drinking spree.

Synonyms

• (hobo): hobo, homeless person, tramp, vagrant, wanderer, vagabond

• (lazy person): loafer, bumpkin, footler, idler, lout, yob, yobbo, layabout

• (drinking spree): binge, bender

• See also vagabond

• See also idler

Verb

bum (third-person singular simple present bums, present participle bumming, simple past and past participle bummed)

(transitive, colloquial) To ask someone to give one (something) for free; to beg for something.

(intransitive, colloquial) To stay idle and unproductive, like a hobo or vagabond; to loiter.

(transitive, slang, British) To wet the end of a marijuana cigarette (spliff).

Synonyms

• cadge (British)

Adjective

bum (comparative bummer, )

Of poor quality or highly undesirable.

Unfair.

Injured and without the possibility of full repair, defective.

Unpleasant or unhappy.

Synonyms

• (defective): duff (UK)

Etymology 3

Verb

bum (third-person singular simple present bums, present participle bumming, simple past and past participle bummed)

To depress; to make unhappy.

Etymology 4

Noun

bum (plural bums)

(dated) A humming noise.

Verb

bum (third-person singular simple present bums, present participle bumming, simple past and past participle bummed)

(intransitive) To make a murmuring or humming sound.

Etymology 5

Abbreviations.

Noun

bum (plural bums)

(obsolete) A bumbailiff.

Anagrams

• MBU, UMB, umb, umb-

Source: Wiktionary

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Bum, n. Etym: [Contr. fr. bottom in this sense.]

Definition: The buttock. [Low] Shak.

Bum, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bummed (; p. pr. & vb.n. Bumming ( Etym: [See Boom, v. i., to roar.]

Definition: To make murmuring or humming sound. Jamieson.

Bum, n.

Definition: A humming noise. Halliwell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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