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bum 1
(bŭm)n.
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.
Idiom: 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.
on the bum
1. Living as a vagrant or tramp.
2. Out of order; broken.
[Back-formation from bummer.]
bum 2
(bŭm)n. Chiefly British Slang
The buttocks.
[Middle English bom.]
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bum
(bʌm)n
slang Brit the buttocks or anus
[C14: of uncertain origin]
bum
(bʌm)n
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]
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bum
Past participle: bummed
Gerund: bumming
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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'"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"dosser, street person - someone who sleeps in any convenient place | |
| 3. |  bum - person who does no work; "a lazy bum"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) 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 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) 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 | |
| Verb | 1. | bum - ask for and get free; be a parasite 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" | |
| Adj. | 1. | bum - of very poor quality; flimsy colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech inferior - of low or inferior quality |
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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
2noun
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
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.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
bum 1
nounverb
adjective
Below a standard of quality:
Idioms: below par, not up to scratch.
bum 2
nounThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
المُتَبَطِّل، المُتَسَكِّعتافِه، لا قيمَةَ لَهخَلْفعَجيزَه، كَفَل، مُؤَخَّرَه
zadekzadniceflákačmizernývandrák
bumslorte-røvrumpebagdel
takapuolihulttiopakaratpeppuperse
stražnjica
flækingurlélegur, einskisverîurrass, sitjandi
お尻
궁둥이
klaidonisnevērtīgssēžamvietaslaists
vandrák
rumpahäck
ก้น
mông
bum
1 [bʌm]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
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
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 rap N → acusación f falsa
bum steer N → bulo m
bum around VI + ADV → holgazanear
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
bum
[ˈbʌm] n (= backside) → derrière m
to put bums on seats (British) (= attract an audience) → remplir les salles
to put bums on seats (British) (= attract an audience) → remplir les salles
(= idler) → glandeur m
bum around
vi (= travel) → vadrouiller
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
bum
1n (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
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
bum
1 [bʌm] n (Brit) (fam) (bottom) → culobum
2 [bʌm] (fam)1. n (esp Am) (idler) → fannullone/a; (tramp) → barbone/a, vagabondo/a
3. vt (money, food) → scroccare
bum around vi + adv (fam) → vagabondare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009