bum
[noun]
Synonyms: buttocks, *arse, backside, bottom, butt, derriere, fanny, hind end, posterior, rump
[verb]
Synonyms: hum, bombinate, bumble, buzz, drone, sowf, strum, thrum
[verb]
Synonyms: idle, dawdle, goldbrick, goof (off), laze, lazy, loaf, loiter, loll, lounge
[noun]
Synonyms: vagabond, bindle stiff, derelict, drifter, floater, hobo, street arab, tramp, vag, vagrant, sluggard, dolittle, do-nothing, faineant, idler, lazybones, loafer, slouch, slug, slugabed
[adjective]
Synonyms: bad, amiss, crappy, dissatisfactory, poor, punk, rotten, unsatisfactory, up, wrong
[noun]
Synonyms: binge, bender, booze, brannigan, bust, carouse, drunk, jag, soak, wassail

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I. bum¹ /bʌm/ noun [countable] informal
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: Probably from bummer 'bum' (19-20 centuries), perhaps from German bummler 'lazy person']

1. British English the part of your body that you sit on Synonym : bottom

2. American English someone, especially a man, who has no home or job, and who asks people for money

3. beach/ski etc bum someone who spends all their time on the beach, skiing etc without having a job

4. someone who is very lazy

5. get/put bums on seats British English informal to make a large number of people go to see a film, play, sports match etc:
She’s the kind of star who will put bums on seats.

6. give somebody the bum's rush informal to make someone leave a place, especially a public place, quickly

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II. bum² verb (past tense and past participle bummed, present participle bumming) [transitive] British English informal
to ask someone for something such as money, food, or cigarettes Synonym : cadge:
She bummed a little cash off me.
bum around phrasal verb informal

1. (also bum about) to spend time lazily doing nothing

2. bum around something to travel around, living very cheaply, without having any plans:
He spent a year bumming around Australia.

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III. bum³ adjective [only before noun] informal

1. bad and useless:
The orchestra was excellent. No one played a bum note.
Jim got a bum deal (=unfair treatment).

2. a bum ankle/leg etc American English an injured ankle, leg etc

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bum
noun
I. person's bottom
VERB + BUM feel, pinch A man pinched her bum on the train so she hit him.
sit on They've been sitting on their bums all day, doing nothing.

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bum
II. lazy/useless person
ADJ. low-down, no-good | lazy | beach He dropped out of college and became a beach bum.

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