bum
Meaning of bum
noun
- a vagrant.
bums had been known to wander up to their door and ask for a sandwich
- a person who devotes a great deal of time to a specified activity.
a ski bum
- get by asking or begging.
they tried to bum money off us
she bummed a cigarette from me
I bummed a ride into town with him
- of poor quality; bad or wrong.
not one bum note was played
mid 19th century: probably from bummer.
noun- a person's buttocks or anus.
if you sit there you'll get a cold bum
late Middle English: of unknown origin.
Information about bum
- The plural form of bum is: bums.
- Languages in which bum is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of bum
bum
- It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
- bum is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
bum synonyms
Meaning cheap:
cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny
Meaning rotter:
rotter, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, puke, crumb, lowlife, git
Meaning tramp:
Meaning idler:
Meaning buttocks:
buttocks, nates, butt, backside, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rump, stern, seat, tail, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, fanny, ass
Meaning mooch:
Meaning bum around:
Meaning a person without a settled home or regular work who wanders from place to place and lives by begging:
Meaning a person who wanders from place to place without a home or job:
Meaning a person without a home, job, or property:
Meaning a person who travels from place to place:
Meaning a person who is travelling or who often travels:
Meaning a person who is continually moving from place to place, without any fixed home or job:
Meaning a person who travels aimlessly; a traveller:
Meaning a person who walks along a beach looking for valuable or interesting items:
Meaning a person who has been rejected or ostracized by their society or social group:
Meaning an outcast:
Meaning a person, typically a homeless one, who lives by asking for money or food:
Meaning a beggar:
Meaning an agent who collects or distributes the proceeds of illicit activities:
Meaning an alcoholic drink taken at sunset:
Meaning a person carrying a swag or bundle of belongings:
Meaning a homeless person:
Meaning a young person who is homeless or travels constantly, has a shabby appearance, and rejects conventional values:
Meaning a person who sleeps rough; a tramp:
Meaning seek to obtain (something, typically food or money) at the expense or through the generosity of others or by stealth:
Meaning ask for food or money as charity:
Meaning take and use (something belonging to someone else) with the intention of returning it:
Meaning become encrusted or covered with a scab or scabs:
Meaning shirk responsibility and live off the efforts of others:
Meaning of poor quality or a low standard:
Meaning of a low or inferior standard or quality:
Meaning lower in rank, status, or quality:
Meaning not satisfactory; not good enough:
Meaning lacking the quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose:
Meaning not satisfactory or allowable:
Meaning below the usual or required standard:
Meaning not having enough of a specified quality or ingredient:
Meaning not perfect; faulty or incomplete:
Meaning imperfect or faulty:
Meaning not working or made correctly; having defects:
Meaning badly made or done:
Meaning done in an unskilful or inept way:
Meaning not giving sufficient attention or thought to avoiding harm or errors:
Meaning failing to take proper care over something:
Meaning causing or involving great suffering, fear, or unhappiness; extremely bad or serious:
Meaning very bad or unpleasant:
Meaning extremely bad or serious:
Meaning causing moral revulsion:
Meaning very unpleasant, serious, or shocking:
Meaning horrifyingly wicked:
Meaning shockingly unacceptable:
Meaning deserving strong condemnation; completely unacceptable:
Meaning feeling or causing despair:
Meaning having no real value or use:
Meaning so ludicrous as to be amusing:
Meaning (of circumstances or conditions) very bad; deplorable:
Meaning (of a person) wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable:
Meaning feeling sad or distressed through sympathy with someone else's misfortune:
Meaning disgracefully bad or unpleasant:
Meaning extremely bad or unpleasant:
Meaning suffering from decay:
Meaning arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness:
Meaning having no ability or skill in a specified activity or area:
Meaning characterized by, expressive of, or causing sorrow or misery:
Meaning very poor or bad:
Meaning causing shock or dismay; horrific:
Meaning extremely bad; appalling:
Meaning deserving or arousing pity:
Meaning extremely serious or urgent:
Meaning a flour pudding boiled or steamed in a cloth bag:
Meaning (of an illness) persisting for a long time or constantly recurring:
Meaning very bad; worthless or useless:
Meaning resembling a rope, especially in being long, strong, and fibrous:
Meaning of poor quality; worthless:
Meaning extremely poor in quality:
Meaning faeces:
Meaning worthless or contemptible (used as a general term of abuse):
Meaning either side of the face below the eye:
Meaning a buttock and thigh considered together, in a human or animal:
Meaning a child's word for a person's bottom:
Meaning a person's bottom:
Meaning valuable stolen goods, especially those seized in war:
Meaning a railway wagon with accommodation for the train crew, typically attached to the end of the train:
Meaning a person's buttocks:
Meaning a girlfriend or attractive young woman:
Meaning a person's buttocks or anus:
Meaning a person's mouth:
Meaning mad; insane:
Meaning the part of a cannon behind the bore:
bum antonyms
Meaning extremely good; outstanding:
Translation of bum
- German: Mond, Po, Hintern, Arsch, Popo, Gesäß, Vagabund, billig, erbärmlich, poplig, popelig, mies
- French: lune, derrière, fesses, fessier, miches, postérieur, cul, séant, fouindé, clochard
- Spanish: culo, trasero, fundillo, vagabundo, indigente, vagabunda, malo, barato, barata, mala
- Portuguese: traseiro, rabo
- Italian: sedere, culo, barbone, vagabondo, economico, dozzinale
Words that rhyme with bum
Bum, stumblebum, sebum, cibum, Jalbum, album, photoalbum, Stilbum, crumbum, plumbum, verbum, stewbum, Silybum, silybum
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