bum¹ /bum/ (informal)

1. The buttocks
2. The anus

To have anal intercourse with

bumˈster adjective

Of trousers, cut in a style low enough to show the cleavage at the top of the buttocks

bumˈsters plural noun

Trousers in this style

bum bag or bumˈbag noun

A small bag, usu worn on a belt round the waist, orig used by skiers, etc

bumˈbaiˈliff (obsolete; Shakespeare bumˈ-bayˈlie) noun

1. A bailiff who comes behind to make arrests
2. A sheriff's officer

bumˈfluff noun (informal)

1. Downy hair growing on the chin of an adolescent male
2. Nonsense

bumˈfreezer noun (slang)

1. An Eton jacket
2. A waist-length jacket

bum roll noun

A shaped pad or cushion worn below the waist to make a skirt stand out from the body

bumˈsucker noun (vulgar sl)

A toady

bumˈsucking noun

bums on seats (theatre)

Audiences, good houses

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

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