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(bʌm)

Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense bums, present participle bumming, past tense, past participle bummed

1. countable noun

Someone's bum is the part of their body which they sit on.

[British, informal]

2. countable noun

A bum is a person who has no permanent home or job and who gets money by working occasionally or by asking people for money.

[US, informal]

3. countable noun

If someone refers to another person as a bum, they think that person is worthless or irresponsible.

[informal, disapproval]

You're all a bunch of bums.

Synonyms: loafer, lounger, piker [Australian, New Zealand, slang], dodger More Synonyms of bum

4. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]

Some people use bum to describe a situation that they find unpleasant or annoying.

[informal]

He knows you're getting a bum deal.

Synonyms: bad, poor, inadequate, pathetic More Synonyms of bum

5. verb

If you bum something off someone, you ask them for it and they give it to you.

[informal]

Mind if I bum a cigarette? [VERB noun]

Synonyms: scrounge [informal], cadge, beg, touch (someone) for [slang] More Synonyms of bum

6. See also beach bum

See bums on seats

Phrasal verbs:

See bum around

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bum in British English 1

(bʌm)

noun

British slang

the buttocks or anus

Word origin

C14: of uncertain origin

bum in British English 2

(bʌm) informal

noun

a disreputable loafer or idler

a tramp; hobo

an irresponsible, unpleasant, or mean person

a person who spends a great deal of time on a specified sport

baseball bum

5. on the bum

verbWord forms: bums, bumming or bummed

6. (transitive)

to get by begging; cadge

to bum a lift

7. (intransitive; often foll by around)

to live by begging or as a vagrant or loafer

8. (intransitive; usually foll by around)

to spend time to no good purpose; loaf; idle

9. bum someone out

adjective

10. (prenominal)

of poor quality; useless

11.

wrong or inappropriate

a bum note

Word origin

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

bum in American English 1

(bʌm)

noun Informal

a vagrant, hobo, tramp, or beggar; specif., a shabby, often drunken derelict

any shiftless or irresponsible person, loafer, idler, etc.

a devotee, as of golf or skiing, who devotes so much time to the sport as to disrupt family life, career, etc.

an incompetent person, esp. an athlete

verb intransitiveWord forms: bummed or ˈbumming Informal

to live as a bum or vagrant

to live by begging or sponging on people

verb transitive

7. Slang

to get by begging or sponging; cadge

to bum a cigarette

adjectiveWord forms: ˈbummer or ˈbummest Slang

poor in quality

bum cooking

false, erroneous, or invalid

a bum steer, a bum rap

10.

lame or ailing

a bum leg

SIMILAR WORDS: ˈvagrant

Idioms:

bum someone out

give (or get) the bum's rush

on the bum

Word origin

< bummer, prob. < Ger bummler, loafer, habitually tardy person < bummeln, to go slowly, waste time

bum in American English 2

(bʌm)

noun

British, Slang

the buttocks

Word origin

ME bom < ? botem, bottom, as Du dial. boem < bodem, & obs. E bummery for bottomry

More idioms containing
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a bum steer

In other languages
bum

British English: bum /bʌm/ NOUN

Your bum is the part of your body which you sit on.

American English: butt
Arabic: خَلْف
Brazilian Portuguese: nádegas
Chinese: 屁股
Croatian: stražnjica
Czech: zadek
Danish: bums vagabond
Dutch: achterste
European Spanish: trasero
Finnish: takapuoli
French: fesses
German: Hintern
Greek: πισινός
Italian: sedere
Japanese: お尻
Korean: 궁둥이
Norwegian: stomp
Polish: zadek
European Portuguese: nádegas
Romanian: poponeț
Russian: зад
Latin American Spanish: vago
Swedish: rumpa
Thai: ก้น
Turkish: kıç
Ukrainian: дупа
Vietnamese: mông

British English: bum ADJECTIVE

Some people use bum to describe a situation that they find unpleasant or annoying.

He knows you're getting a bum deal.

American English: bum
Brazilian Portuguese: ordinário
Chinese: 糟糕的
European Spanish: porquería
French: minable
German: beschissen
Italian: del cavolo
Japanese: ひどい
Korean: 부당한
European Portuguese: obscuro
Latin American Spanish: porquería

British English: bum VERB

If you bum something off someone, you ask them for it and they give it to you.

Mind if I bum a cigarette?

American English: bum
Brazilian Portuguese: filar
Chinese: 讨要
European Spanish: gorronear (algo a alguien)
French: taper
German: schnorren
Italian: scroccare
Japanese: ねだる
Korean: 빌리다
European Portuguese: cravar
Latin American Spanish: gorronear(algo a alguien)

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Chinese translation of 'bum'

bum

(bʌm) (inf)

n (c)

(Brit, = backside) 屁股 (pìgu) (个(個), gè)
(esp US, = tramp) 流浪汉(漢) (liúlànghàn) (个(個), gè)

(noun) in the sense of bottom

Definition

the buttocks or anus

I slipped and fell on my bum.

Synonyms

bottom (informal)

He moved his bottom on the window-seat.

backside (informal)

I lost my balance and landed hard on my backside.

buttocks

Try to relax your whole back, from the buttocks up to the shoulders.

behind (informal)

jeans that actually flatter your behind

rear

He plans to have the five Olympic rings tattooed on his rear.

arse (taboo, slang)

You can't do business sitting on your arse all day.

ass (US, Canadian, taboo, slang)

seat

a kick in the seat of the pants

tail (informal)

He desperately needs a kick in the tail.

butt (US, Canadian, informal)

I don't want to sit around on my butt all day.

buns (US, slang)

rump

jeans stretching across her rump

rear end

posterior

Sit down on your posterior.

derrière (euphemistic)

tush (US, slang)

fundament

jacksy (British, slang)

1 (noun) in the sense of vagrant

Definition

a tramp

(informal)

A bum, a derelict, is what he looked like.

Synonyms

vagrant

He lived on the street as a vagrant.

tramp

derelict

A confused and wizened derelict wandered in off the street.

drifter

an out-of-work drifter

down-and-out

some poor down-and-out in need of a meal

hobo mainly US)

vagabond

He had lived as a vagabond, begging for food.

bag lady mainly US)

dosser (British, slang)

derro (Australian, slang)

2 (noun) in the sense of loafer

Definition

a disreputable loafer or idler

(informal)

You're all a bunch of bums.

Synonyms

loafer

He's a bit of a loafer, who once worked in a bar but disliked being bossed around.

lounger

piker (Australian, New Zealand, slang)

He works so hard he makes the rest of us look like pikers.

dodger

drone

A few are dim-witted drones, but most are talented.

slouch (informal)

shirker

slacker

He's not a slacker, he's the best worker they've got.

couch potato (slang)

sloth

laggard

a reputation for being a laggard in the games-console market

time-waster

layabout

The plaintiff's sole witness, a gambler and layabout, was easily discredited.

deadbeat (informal, mainly US, Canadian)

They're just a bunch of deadbeats.

skiver (British, slang)

He was a skiver and a thief.

idler

He resents being seen as a moneyed idler.

malingerer

sluggard

bludger (Australian, New Zealand, informal)

clock-watcher

slugabed

Weary Willie (informal)

lazybones

Get this lazybones to school!

(adjective) in the sense of bad

Definition

a dull thud from an impact or collision

(informal)

He knows you're getting a bum deal.

Synonyms

bad

Many elderly people are living in bad housing.

poor

The meal was very poor.

He was a poor actor.

inadequate

She felt quite painfully inadequate in the crisis.

pathetic

That's the most pathetic excuse I've ever heard.

inferior

These recordings are of inferior quality.

duff (British, informal)

A couple of duff tracks prevent this being a masterpiece.

unsatisfactory

The inspectors said a third of lessons were unsatisfactory.

defective

food which is defective in nutritional quality

deficient

deficient landing systems

imperfect

We live in an imperfect world.

low-rent (informal, mainly US)

poxy (slang)

chickenshit (US, slang)

pants (informal)

bodger or bodgie (Australian, slang)

(verb) in the sense of scrounge

Definition

to get by begging

(informal)

Mind if I bum a cigarette?

Synonyms

scrounge (informal)

She had to scrounge the money.

cadge

He asked if he could cadge a ride from somebody.

beg

I was surrounded by people begging for food.

touch (someone) for (slang)

blag (slang)

sorn (Scottish)

freeload (slang)

phrasal verb

See bum around

Additional synonyms

in the sense of arse

Definition

the buttocks or anus

You can't do business sitting on your arse all day.

Synonyms

bottom (informal),

bum (British, slang),

behind (informal),

seat,

rear (informal),

tail (informal),

butt (US, Canadian, informal),

ass (US, Canadian, taboo, slang),

buns (US, slang),

buttocks,

backside (informal),

rump,

rear end,

posterior,

derrière (euphemistic),

tush (US, slang),

fundament,

jacksy (British, slang)

in the sense of backside

Definition

the buttocks

I lost my balance and landed hard on my backside.

Synonyms

buttocks,

behind (informal),

seat,

bottom (informal),

rear (informal),

tail (informal),

cheeks (informal),

butt (informal),

bum (British, slang),

ass (taboo, slang),

buns (slang),

arse (taboo, slang),

rump,

fanny (slang, US, Canadian),

rear end,

posterior,

haunches,

hindquarters,

derrière (euphemistic),

tush,

fundament,

gluteus maximus,

coit (Australian, slang),

nates,

jacksy (British, slang),

keister or keester (slang, US)

in the sense of beg

Definition

to ask for money or food in the street

I was surrounded by people begging for food.

Synonyms

scrounge (informal),

bum (informal),

blag (slang),

touch (someone) for (slang),

mooch (slang),

cadge,

forage for,

hunt around (for),

sponge on (someone) for,

freeload (slang),

seek charity,

call for alms,

solicit charity

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bum

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bully
bulwark
bum
bum around
bumble
bumbler

单词	bum
释义	Trends of bum View usage for: bum (bʌm) Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense bums, present participle bumming, past tense, past participle bummed 1. countable noun Someone's bum is the part of their body which they sit on. [British, informal] 2. countable noun A bum is a person who has no permanent home or job and who gets money by working occasionally or by asking people for money. [US, informal] 3. countable noun If someone refers to another person as a bum, they think that person is worthless or irresponsible. [informal, disapproval] You're all a bunch of bums. Synonyms: loafer, lounger, piker [Australian, New Zealand, slang], dodger More Synonyms of bum 4. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] Some people use bum to describe a situation that they find unpleasant or annoying. [informal] He knows you're getting a bum deal. Synonyms: bad, poor, inadequate, pathetic More Synonyms of bum 5. verb If you bum something off someone, you ask them for it and they give it to you. [informal] Mind if I bum a cigarette? [VERB noun] Synonyms: scrounge [informal], cadge, beg, touch (someone) for [slang] More Synonyms of bum 6. See also beach bum 7. See bums on seats Phrasal verbs: See bum around More Synonyms of bum bum in British English 1 (bʌm) noun British slang the buttocks or anus Word origin C14: of uncertain origin bum in British English 2 (bʌm) informal noun 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 verbWord forms: bums, bumming or bummed 6. (transitive) to get by begging; cadge to bum a lift 7. (intransitive; often foll by around) to live by begging or as a vagrant or loafer 8. (intransitive; usually foll by around) to spend time to no good purpose; loaf; idle 9. bum someone out adjective 10. (prenominal) of poor quality; useless 11. wrong or inappropriate a bum note Word origin C19: probably shortened from earlier bummer a loafer, probably from German bummeln to loaf bum in American English 1 (bʌm) US noun Informal 1. a vagrant, hobo, tramp, or beggar; specif., a shabby, often drunken derelict 2. any shiftless or irresponsible person, loafer, idler, etc. 3. a devotee, as of golf or skiing, who devotes so much time to the sport as to disrupt family life, career, etc. 4. an incompetent person, esp. an athlete verb intransitiveWord forms: bummed or ˈbumming Informal 5. to live as a bum or vagrant 6. to live by begging or sponging on people verb transitive 7. Slang to get by begging or sponging; cadge to bum a cigarette adjectiveWord forms: ˈbummer or ˈbummest Slang 8. poor in quality bum cooking 9. false, erroneous, or invalid a bum steer, a bum rap 10. lame or ailing a bum leg SIMILAR WORDS: ˈvagrant Idioms: bum someone out give (or get) the bum's rush on the bum Word origin < bummer, prob. < Ger bummler, loafer, habitually tardy person < bummeln, to go slowly, waste time bum in American English 2 (bʌm) noun British, Slang the buttocks Word origin ME bom < ? botem, bottom, as Du dial. boem < bodem, & obs. E bummery for bottomry More idioms containing bum a bum steer In other languages bum British English: bum /bʌm/ NOUN Your bum is the part of your body which you sit on. American English: butt Arabic: خَلْف Brazilian Portuguese: nádegas Chinese: 屁股 Croatian: stražnjica Czech: zadek Danish: bums vagabond Dutch: achterste European Spanish: trasero Finnish: takapuoli French: fesses German: Hintern Greek: πισινός Italian: sedere Japanese: お尻 Korean: 궁둥이 Norwegian: stomp Polish: zadek European Portuguese: nádegas Romanian: poponeț Russian: зад Latin American Spanish: vago Swedish: rumpa Thai: ก้น Turkish: kıç Ukrainian: дупа Vietnamese: mông British English: bum ADJECTIVE Some people use bum to describe a situation that they find unpleasant or annoying. He knows you're getting a bum deal. American English: bum Brazilian Portuguese: ordinário Chinese: 糟糕的 European Spanish: porquería French: minable German: beschissen Italian: del cavolo Japanese: ひどい Korean: 부당한 European Portuguese: obscuro Latin American Spanish: porquería British English: bum VERB If you bum something off someone, you ask them for it and they give it to you. Mind if I bum a cigarette? American English: bum Brazilian Portuguese: filar Chinese: 讨要 European Spanish: gorronear (algo a alguien) French: taper German: schnorren Italian: scroccare Japanese: ねだる Korean: 빌리다 European Portuguese: cravar Latin American Spanish: gorronear(algo a alguien) All related terms of 'bum' bum bag A bum bag consists of a small bag attached to a belt which you wear round your waist . You use it to carry things such as money and keys . bum boy a young homosexual man bum rap a trumped-up or false charge beach bum If you refer to someone as a beach bum , you mean that they spend a lot of time enjoying themselves on the beach or in the sea . bum steer false or misleading information or advice glum bum a pessimistic person pig's bum an expression of derision or disagreement a bum rap If you say that someone has gotten a bum rap , you mean that they have been treated unfairly or punished unfairly. bum around If you bum around , you go from place to place without any particular destination , either for enjoyment or because you have nothing else to do. bum's rush forcible ejection, as from a gathering on the bum living as a loafer or vagrant a bum steer information that is wrong and misleading bum someone out to disappoint , annoy , or upset someone squeaky-bum time the tense final matches in the race to a league championship , esp from the point of view of the leaders get the bum's rush to be completely ignored or rejected in an unexpected and upsetting way moon bag a small bag worn on a belt , round the waist give (or get) the bum's rush to eject (or be ejected) forcibly Chinese translation of 'bum' bum (bʌm) (inf) n (c) (Brit, = backside) 屁股 (pìgu) (个(個), gè) (esp US, = tramp) 流浪汉(漢) (liúlànghàn) (个(個), gè) (noun) in the sense of bottom Definition the buttocks or anus I slipped and fell on my bum. Synonyms bottom (informal) He moved his bottom on the window-seat. backside (informal) I lost my balance and landed hard on my backside. buttocks Try to relax your whole back, from the buttocks up to the shoulders. behind (informal) jeans that actually flatter your behind rear He plans to have the five Olympic rings tattooed on his rear. arse (taboo, slang) You can't do business sitting on your arse all day. ass (US, Canadian, taboo, slang) seat a kick in the seat of the pants tail (informal) He desperately needs a kick in the tail. butt (US, Canadian, informal) I don't want to sit around on my butt all day. buns (US, slang) rump jeans stretching across her rump rear end posterior Sit down on your posterior. derrière (euphemistic) tush (US, slang) fundament jacksy (British, slang) 1 (noun) in the sense of vagrant Definition a tramp (informal) A bum, a derelict, is what he looked like. Synonyms vagrant He lived on the street as a vagrant. tramp derelict A confused and wizened derelict wandered in off the street. drifter an out-of-work drifter down-and-out some poor down-and-out in need of a meal hobo mainly US) vagabond He had lived as a vagabond, begging for food. bag lady mainly US) dosser (British, slang) derro (Australian, slang) 2 (noun) in the sense of loafer Definition a disreputable loafer or idler (informal) You're all a bunch of bums. Synonyms loafer He's a bit of a loafer, who once worked in a bar but disliked being bossed around. lounger piker (Australian, New Zealand, slang) He works so hard he makes the rest of us look like pikers. dodger drone A few are dim-witted drones, but most are talented. slouch (informal) shirker slacker He's not a slacker, he's the best worker they've got. couch potato (slang) sloth laggard a reputation for being a laggard in the games-console market time-waster layabout The plaintiff's sole witness, a gambler and layabout, was easily discredited. deadbeat (informal, mainly US, Canadian) They're just a bunch of deadbeats. skiver (British, slang) He was a skiver and a thief. idler He resents being seen as a moneyed idler. malingerer sluggard bludger (Australian, New Zealand, informal) clock-watcher slugabed Weary Willie (informal) lazybones Get this lazybones to school! (adjective) in the sense of bad Definition a dull thud from an impact or collision (informal) He knows you're getting a bum deal. Synonyms bad Many elderly people are living in bad housing. poor The meal was very poor. He was a poor actor. inadequate She felt quite painfully inadequate in the crisis. pathetic That's the most pathetic excuse I've ever heard. inferior These recordings are of inferior quality. duff (British, informal) A couple of duff tracks prevent this being a masterpiece. unsatisfactory The inspectors said a third of lessons were unsatisfactory. defective food which is defective in nutritional quality deficient deficient landing systems imperfect We live in an imperfect world. low-rent (informal, mainly US) poxy (slang) chickenshit (US, slang) pants (informal) bodger or bodgie (Australian, slang) (verb) in the sense of scrounge Definition to get by begging (informal) Mind if I bum a cigarette? Synonyms scrounge (informal) She had to scrounge the money. cadge He asked if he could cadge a ride from somebody. beg I was surrounded by people begging for food. touch (someone) for (slang) blag (slang) sorn (Scottish) freeload (slang) phrasal verb See bum around Additional synonyms in the sense of arse Definition the buttocks or anus You can't do business sitting on your arse all day. Synonyms bottom (informal), bum (British, slang), behind (informal), seat, rear (informal), tail (informal), butt (US, Canadian, informal), ass (US, Canadian, taboo, slang), buns (US, slang), buttocks, backside (informal), rump, rear end, posterior, derrière (euphemistic), tush (US, slang), fundament, jacksy (British, slang) in the sense of backside Definition the buttocks I lost my balance and landed hard on my backside. Synonyms buttocks, behind (informal), seat, bottom (informal), rear (informal), tail (informal), cheeks (informal), butt (informal), bum (British, slang), ass (taboo, slang), buns (slang), arse (taboo, slang), rump, fanny (slang, US, Canadian), rear end, posterior, haunches, hindquarters, derrière (euphemistic), tush, fundament, gluteus maximus, coit (Australian, slang), nates, jacksy (British, slang), keister or keester (slang, US) in the sense of beg Definition to ask for money or food in the street I was surrounded by people begging for food. Synonyms scrounge (informal), bum (informal), blag (slang), touch (someone) for (slang), mooch (slang), cadge, forage for, hunt around (for), sponge on (someone) for, freeload (slang), seek charity, call for alms, solicit charity Nearby words of bum bullish bully bulwark bum bum around bumble bumbler Related terms of bum bum around Synonyms of 'bum' bum Explore 'bum' in the dictionary
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