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bum around ThesaurusVerb | 1. | bum around - be lazy or idle; "Her son is just bumming around all day"bum about, frig around, fuck off, loaf, loll around, lounge about, lounge around, waste one's time, arse about, arse around, bum, lolllaze, slug, idle, stagnate - be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning" |
bum around
bum around1. To wander aimlessly. My brother still doesn't have a job or a home—he's just been bumming around and staying at friends' houses. Whenever I visit a new city, I like to bum around for a while on foot just to get a feel for the place.2. To visit bars regularly. He doesn't bum around anymore—in fact, I heard he stopped drinking altogether.See also: around, bumbum around (with someone)to spend or waste a lot of time with a particular person. He used to bum around with Ted a lot. They bummed around together all summer.See also: around, bumbum around1. Loaf, wander idly, as in After graduating he decided to bum around Europe for a year. [Mid-1800s] 2. Frequent bars or nightclubs, as in Her father accused her of bumming around half the night and threatened to cut off her allowance . In the mid-1800s to bum was slang for going on a drinking spree. A century later, with the addition of around, it simply meant going to saloons or clubs. See also: around, bumbum around in. to wander around; to kick around. I thought I’d bum around for a few years before I settled down. See also: around, bumbum around Related to bum around: conferred, ameliorating, two-foldSynonyms for bum aroundverb be lazy or idleSynonyms- bum about
- frig around
- fuck off
- loaf
- loll around
- lounge about
- lounge around
- waste one's time
- arse about
- arse around
- bum
- loll
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