bum² /bum/ (chiefly N Am sl)

1. A (drunken) spree
2. A dissolute fellow, tramp
3. A sponger
4. A devotee of a (specified) sport, etc to such an extent as to neglect other responsibilities

1. Worthless
2. Despicable
3. Dud
4. Wrong, false

1. To loaf
2. To sponge
3. To live dissolutely

To cadge

bummed adjective (US sl)

1. Disappointed
2. Dejected

bummˈer noun

1. A plundering straggler or camp-follower (during the American Civil War)
2. A dissolute fellow, a loafer, a sponger
3. A dismal failure (informal)
4. Something worthless (informal)
5. A disappointment (informal)
6. A bad trip on drugs (informal)
7. A nasty experience (informal)

bum rap noun (slang)

A false criminal charge

bum steer noun (slang)

Something misleading, false or worthless, a dud

bum around

To travel around rather aimlessly

give someone the bum's rush (slang)

1. To eject someone by force
2. To dismiss someone summarily, esp from one's employment

bum³ /bum/

To hum or make a murmuring sound, like a bee

To toss, hurl

A humming sound

bummˈer noun

A person or thing that bums

bumˈ-bee noun (dialect)

A bumblebee

bumˈ-clock noun (Scot)

A flying beetle that drones

headˈ-bummer /hēdˈ/ (Scot)

A manager or person in authority

• recriminator
• recriminators
• recriminatory
• recross
• recrossed
• recrosses
• recrossing
• recrudesce
• recrudesced
• recrudescence
• re-eligible
• reeling
• reelingly
• reelings
• reelman
• reelmen
• reel off
• reels
• reel-to-reel
• re-embark
• re-embarkation
• re-embarked
• re-embarking
• re-embarks
• re-embodied