bum
IPA: bˈʌm
noun
- (informal or childish, chiefly Commonwealth) The buttocks.
- (informal or childish, chiefly Commonwealth) The anus.
- (colloquial, derogatory) A homeless person, usually a man.
- (colloquial, derogatory) A lazy, incompetent, or annoying person, usually a man.
- (colloquial, sports) A player or racer who often performs poorly.
- (colloquial) A drinking spree.
- (dated) A humming noise.
- (obsolete) A bumbailiff.
verb
- (UK, transitive, colloquial) To sodomize; to engage in anal sex.
- (transitive, colloquial) To ask someone to give one (something) for free; to beg for something.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To stay idle and unproductive, like a hobo or vagabond.
- (transitive, slang, Britain) To wet the end of a marijuana cigarette (spliff).
- To depress; to make unhappy.
- (intransitive) To make a murmuring or humming sound.
adjective
- (slang) Of poor quality or highly undesirable.
- (slang) Unfair.
- (slang) Injured and without the possibility of full repair, defective.
- (slang) Unpleasant or unhappy.
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Examples of "bum" in Sentences
- The mother spanked the child's bum.
- Bumology is the study of being a bum.
- The dregs of life had bummed him out.
- The drunken bum theory of wife beating.
- The bum takes the businessman to a nearby bar.
- All five were in the sky in front of Bum Cham.
- Bounteous says that her new husband is probably a bum.
- I'd be interested to know where the bum notes are in the album.
- Bum is a village and municipality in the Qabala Rayon of Azerbaijan.
- At the end of the season, Bum Shaker closed, and became a picnic area.
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