BUMMING

BUM

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


Verb

bumming

present participle of bum

Source: Wiktionary


BUM

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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