Definition of bum Bum

/bʌˈm/ - [bum] - bum

We found 36 definitions of bum from 8 different sources.

What does bum mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Verb

bums, bumming, bummed  

bum - be lazy or idle; "Her son is just bumming around all day"
  bum around, bum about, arse around, arse about, fuck off, loaf, frig around, waste one's time, lounge around, loll, loll around, lounge about
  laze, idle, slug, stagnate run disconnected or idle; "the engine is idling"
bum - ask for and get free; be a parasite
  mooch, cadge, grub, 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"

Adjective

bum, bummer, bummest

bum - of very poor quality; flimsy
  cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny
  inferior of or characteristic of low rank or importance
  colloquialism a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • bum (n.)
    The buttock.
  • bum (v. i.,)
    To make murmuring or humming sound.
  • bum (n.)
    A humming noise.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • bum
    The fleshy part of the human body that one sits on.
  • bum
    A person abandoned by society, esp. a person without a permanent home and means of support.
  • bum
    Of very poor quality.
  • bum
    A person of the lower end of the lower class of the type to be found at or around the Neumarkt ("new market") in Cologne, having a specifically obscene and offensive way to express oneself. Someone bumming about in the city not having an acceptable or decent place to stay or for living or housing.
  • bum
    A female person of the lower end of the lower class of the type to be found at or around the Neumarkt ("new market") in Cologne, having a specifically obscene and offensive way to express herself. A female bumming about in the city not having an acceptable or decent place to stay or for living or housing.
  • bum
    A male person of the lower end of the lower class of the type to be found at or around the Neumarkt ("new market") in Cologne; one having a specifically obscene and offensive way to express himself. A male bumming about in the city not having an acceptable or decent place to stay or for living or housing.
  • bum
    A language of Cameroon.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • bum
    bum, n. (Shak.) the buttocks.—ns. Bum′-bail′iff, an under-bailiff; Bum′-boat, boat for carrying provisions to a ship, originally a Thames scavenger's boat. [Ety. dub., prob. from bump, from sense of 'swelling.']
  • bum
    bum, v.i. to hum or make a murmuring sound, as a bee: (slang) to live dissolutely.—pr.p. bum′ming; pa.p. bummed.—n. a humming sound: a spree, debauch: a dissipated fellow. [Onomatopœic.]

Foolish DictionaryThe Foolish Dictionary 🤡

  • bum
    A fallen tough.

Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅

  • bum
    the breech, or backside.

Part of speech

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  • bum, verb, present, 1st person singular of bum (infinitive).
  • bum, verb (infinitive).
  • bum, noun, singular of bums.
  • bum, adjective.

Pronunciation

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