bum meaning
UK /bʌm/ US /bʌm/ 1 syllable
bum (noun): a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible.
bum has 7 meanings in this dictionary, as noun, verb and adjective.
bum as a noun
- a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
- only a rotter would do that
- kill the rat
- throw the bum out
- you cowardly little pukes!
- the British call a contemptible person a `git'
Synonyms: rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git
Type of: unpleasant person
- a vagrant
- a homeless tramp
- he tried to help the really down-and-out bums
Type of: vagrant
Kinds: dosser
- person who does no work
- a lazy bum
Synonyms: idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout
Type of: nonworker
Kinds: clock watcher, couch potato, dallier, dawdler, daydreamer, goldbrick, lazybones, lie-abed, loon, slacker, sluggard, spiv
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- he deserves a good kick in the butt
- are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
Synonyms: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass
Type of: body part
bum as a verb
- ask for and get free; be a parasite
Synonyms: mooch, cadge, grub, sponge
Type of: obtain
Kinds: freeload
- be lazy or idle
- Her son is just bumming around all day
Synonyms: bum around, bum about, arse around, arse about, fuck off, loaf, frig around, waste one's time, lounge around, loll, loll around, lounge about
Type of: idle
bum as an adjective
How to pronounce bum
bum is pronounced /bʌm/ in British English and /bʌm/ in American English. It has 1 syllable.
Words that rhyme with bum
Word lists: words starting with BU · words ending in UM · 3-letter words
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