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    [Noun]  | "bum" | \ ˈbəm \


    1: buttocks


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English bom;

    [Noun]  | "bum" 


    1: someone who lives off others and avoids work : sponge

    2: someone who performs a function poorly

    3: someone whose time is devoted to a recreational activity


    Origin: 1864 ;

     Probably short for {see: |bummer:1|bummer:1};

    [Noun]  | "bum" 


    1: a drinking spree : bender


    Origin: 1863 ;

     Perhaps from {see: |bum:3|bum:3};

    [Noun]  | "bum's rush" | \ ˈbəmz- \


    1: forcible eviction or dismissal


    Origin: 1910 ;

    [Noun]  | "bum check" 


    1: a check drawn on a bank account that does not contain enough money to pay the amount

    [Adjective]  | "bum" 


    1: of poor quality or nature

    2: not valid or deserved

    3: not pleasant or enjoyable


    Origin: 1878 ;

     Perhaps from {see: |bum:4|bum:4};

    [Verb]  | "bum" 


    1: loaf

    2: to spend time unemployed and often wandering —often used with around

    3: to obtain by asking or begging : cadge


    Origin: 1863 ;

     Probably back-formation from {see: |bummer:1|bummer:1};

    [Verb]  | "bum" 


    1: disappoint, depress —usually used with out


    Origin: 1970 ;

     Probably back-formation from {see: |bummer:2|bummer:2};

    [Verb]  | "bum-rush" | \ ˈbəm-ˈrəsh \


    1: to attack or seize with an overpowering rush


    Origin: 1985 ;

    [Idiom]  | "bum around" 


    1: to spend time relaxing in (a place) instead of working

    2: to spend time living and traveling in (a place) without a job or much money

    [Adjective]  | "bum" 


    1: of low quality;


      * e.g., " ... that was bum advice that you got from that website "





    [Noun]  | "bum" 


    1: the part of the body upon which someone sits;


      * e.g., " ... I decided to get off my bum and get some exercise "



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    [Noun]  | "bum" 


    1: an idle worthless person;


      * e.g., " ... if you expect an allowance, you have to do some chores and stop being such a bum "



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    2: a homeless wanderer who may beg or steal for a living;


      * e.g., " ... I feel sorry for bums and occasionally give them money "



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    [Noun]  | "bum's rush" 


    1: as in sack, bird;




    [Noun]  | "bum's rushes" 


    1: as in sacks, birds;




    [Verb]  | "bum" 


    1: to spend time doing nothing;


      * e.g., " ... spent most of the summer just bumming around the house "



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    [Verb]  | "bum (out)" 


    1: to make sad;


      * e.g., " ... that sort of news really bums me out "





    [Verb]  | "bum (around)" 


     [ "bum" ]

    1:  A homeless person.

      * e.g.,  ... A bum bummed me up the bum. 


     [ "bum" ]

    2:  British/Australian equivalent of "butt".


     [ "bum" ]

    3:  To fuck someone up the arse.

     [ "bum" ]

    1: somebody considered to be lazy, irresponsible, worthless, and/or homeless.

      * e.g.,  ... patrick: taylor, why are you being such a bum? 

     [ "bum" ]

    1: A boxing term used to label easily-beaten and out-of-shape/unskilled/past-their-prime boxers who should never have stepped into the ring to face stronger competition.

      * e.g.,  ... He couldn't last a full first round against real professional boxers like Sugar Ray Leonard and Marvin Hagler and Thomas Hearns. Instead, his victories only came against a series of aging bums, each of whom were sent into the ring after being paid a few bucks by unscrupulous boxing promoters. 

     [ "bum" ]

    1: Ass, butt, booty, gluteus maximus....

      * e.g.,  ... By George, what a big bum she has. 

     [ "bum" ]

    1:  (n) (brit) your arse

      * e.g.,  ...  "ouch I landed on my bum ;_;" 


     [ "bum" ]

    2:  (n) a homeless person/layabout

      * e.g.,  ...  "any spare change?" 


     [ "bum" ]

    3:  (v) to do someone up the arse, ie. perform anal sex on them

      * e.g.,  ...  "wow todd bummed me SO hard last night I won't be able to sit down for days" 


     [ "bum" ]

    4:  (v) (brit) to like something/someone very strongly

      * e.g.,  ...  "OMG I just totally bum chocolate ice cream!" 


     [ "bum" ]

    5:  (a) (brit) fit, hot, sexy etc.

      * e.g.,  ...  "phwoar he's so bum!" 

     [ "bum" ]

    1: In Fantasy Football, a player who is extremely overrated. He is projected to be a strong player for that season, but plays awfully.

      * e.g.,  ... Guy 1: Chris Johnson has been awful this season. 

     [ "bum" ]

    1: to borrow something from someone;

      * e.g.,  ... chick 1: "hey can i bum a smoke off you?" 


     [ "bum" ]

    2: a homeless person;

      * e.g.,  ... / 


     [ "bum" ]

    3: the butt

      * e.g.,  ... dude 1: "hey look at that bum! he's all like, poor, an' shit." 

     [ "bum" ]

    1:  A person who, by his own choice, is unemployed and homeless, and who lives on the fringes of society so he can beg instead of work.

      * e.g.,  ... Bernie the Bum begs for money to buy a can of cat food and a bottle of muscatel. 


     [ "bum" ]

    2:  Somebody's backside. A keister.

      * e.g.,  ... Bumkicker Slade (that's me) has a noble mission to kick the bum of everyone who wants something for nothing, or who wants to take something from someone, or who wants to intimidate or terrorize someone. That includes bums, liberals, tax collectors, and Pachuco boys. 

     [ "bum" ]

    1: You!

      * e.g.,  ... Danny: Im a bum 

     [ "bum" ]

    1: What insecure teenagers and adults call normal people in an effort to bring them down to their level.

      * e.g.,  ... Joe is so nice and smart. I am not nice and smart like Joe. I am jealous. I wish I could be nice and smart too. I will tell my friends he is a bum. 

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