bum
noun
[ bʌm ]
• a vagrant.
• "bums had been known to wander up to their door and ask for a sandwich"
Similar:
tramp,
vagrant,
vagabond,
homeless person,
derelict,
down-and-out,
itinerant,
traveller,
drifter,
wanderer,
person of no fixed address,
beachcomber,
ne'er do well,
good for nothing,
outcast,
pariah,
beggar,
mendicant,
hobo,
bagman,
sundowner,
swagman,
streety,
crusty,
bag lady,
dosser,
derro,
• a person who devotes a great deal of time to a specified activity.
• "a ski bum"
bum
verb
• get by asking or begging.
• "they tried to bum money off us"
Similar:
scrounge,
beg,
borrow,
sponge,
touch someone for,
scab,
cadge,
sorn on someone for,
mooch,
bludge,
bum
adjective
• of poor quality; bad or wrong.
• "not one bum note was played"
Similar:
bad,
poor,
inferior,
second-rate,
second-class,
unsatisfactory,
inadequate,
unacceptable,
substandard,
not up to scratch,
not up to par,
deficient,
imperfect,
defective,
faulty,
shoddy,
amateurish,
careless,
negligent,
dreadful,
awful,
terrible,
abominable,
frightful,
atrocious,
disgraceful,
deplorable,
hopeless,
worthless,
laughable,
lamentable,
miserable,
sorry,
third-rate,
diabolical,
execrable,
crummy,
rotten,
pathetic,
useless,
woeful,
lousy,
appalling,
abysmal,
pitiful,
godawful,
dire,
not up to snuff,
the pits,
duff,
chronic,
rubbish,
ropy,
poxy,
crap,
shit,
chickenshit,
Origin:
mid 19th century: probably from bummer.
bum
noun
• a person's buttocks or anus.
• "if you sit there you'll get a cold bum"
Similar:
buttocks,
bottom,
cheeks,
hindquarters,
haunches,
rear,
rump,
rear end,
backside,
seat,
behind,
sit-upon,
stern,
BTM,
tochus,
rusty dusty,
fundament,
posterior,
botty,
prat,
jacksie,
butt,
fanny,
tush,
tushie,
tail,
duff,
buns,
booty,
caboose,
heinie,
patootie,
keister,
tuchis,
bazoo,
bippy,
derrière,
Sitzfleisch,
bahookie,
batty,
rass,
nates,
breech,
arse,
ass,
Origin:
late Middle English: of unknown origin.
