bum
1 (bŭm)
[Back-formation from bummer.]
noun
- A tramp; a vagrant.
- A lazy or shiftless person, especially one who seeks to live solely by the support of others.
- An incompetent, insignificant, or obnoxious person: The batter called the pitcher a bum.
- One who is devoted to a particular activity or milieu: a beach bum.
verb: bummed, bum·ming, bums.
intransitive verb
- To live by begging and scavenging from place to place. Often used with around.
- To loaf.
transitive verb
- To acquire by begging; cadge. See synonyms at cadge
- Slang To depress, dishearten, or dismay. Often used with out.
adjective
- Inferior; worthless: gave me bum advice; did a bum job of fixing the car.
- Disabled; malfunctioning: a bum shoulder.
- Unfavorable or unfair: got a bum deal on my final grade for the course.
- Unpleasant; lousy: had a bum time at the party.
idioms
- on the bum
- Living as a vagrant or tramp. Out of order; broken.
bum
2 (bŭm)
[Middle English bom.]
noun
Chiefly British Slang- The buttocks.
